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Re:Not a single car was sold in Shanghai last month by nerdponx on Monday May 16, 2022 @11:26AM (#31398850)
American media I think is completely done with Covid reporting, realizing that they have exhausted the public's appetite for it.

It's hard to avoid the temptation to blame the news media for the pseudo-populist dysfunction of the American political system at the moment.

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Re:Not a single car was sold in Shanghai last month by diogenescynic on Monday May 16, 2022 @11:37AM (#31399011)
They moved on to Ukraine and inflation.
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Re:Not a single car was sold in Shanghai last month by cyberlurker on Monday May 16, 2022 @01:04PM (#31400333)
Are these not important issues?

Although I will add inflation is exacerbated by belief in inflation, which can make over reporting a self-fulfilling prophecy. But there are other causes and I don't think it is over reported.

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Re:Not a single car was sold in Shanghai last month by diogenescynic on Monday May 16, 2022 @04:24PM (#31402745)
>Are these not important issues?

I didn't take any position at all and I wasn't judging. Just look at articles and what's covered more frequently on cable news. COVID is self-evidently lower priority at the moment to stock market volatility, inflation, Ukraine, abortion, mass shootings, etc.

It's been 2+ years, people are burnt out of COVID--and I say this as someone who tested positive for it yesterday and is sitting in my spare bedroom to quarantine myself from my family.

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