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News outlets hammered for 'burying' most important part of story
By Joe Kovacs
Rush Limbaugh (video screenshot courtesy RushLimbaugh.com)
The national news media are being hammered for distorting information about the coronavirus threat, with radio's Rush Limbaugh blasting them as a "dishonest bunch of SOBs!"
Limbaugh pointed to the Drudge Report's lead story on Wednesday, with a headline blaring, "TOP DOC: Virus 10 TIMES more lethal than flu." It was from a report by the Week, whose headline was: "Coronavirus is 10 times more lethal than the seasonal flu, Trump's task force immunologist says."
"Now, wait. That's not the lede," said Limbaugh. "They're burying the lede. That headline is gonna scare people to death. It's an outrageous headline."
"That's not the point of the story. Do you know what's really the point of the story? The fatality rate is just 1 percent from this disease! So who cares if it's 10 times more lethal than the flu? The fatality rate of the coronavirus is 1 percent." MORE