But that was the height of “yellow journalism”, as in Hearst vs Pulitzer. Well, actually it was somewhat earlier, around the Spanish-American War. But rabid news media is not a new thing. I think yellow journalism lives on in the British tabloids.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Steve Jones Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2020 3:54 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Fw: shelter in place question Those who something something the past are condemned to something something Imagine how bad that would have been had they had simple 100 mile radius travel and a rabid news media On Sun, Mar 22, 2020, 3:47 PM <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Within 10 days, over 1,000 Philadelphians lay dead, with another 200,000 estimated ill, and the state government in Harrisburg ordered the city’s public amusements and gathering places closed down, a ban that shuttered saloons, theaters, ice cream parlors and movie theaters. It was too little, too late: As the body count continued to climb, the Catholic archbishop assigned three thousand nuns and seminarians to staff makeshift hospitals and dig mass graves. By March 1919, when the threat of influenza lifted, Philadelphia had lost over 15,000 of its citizens. From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2020 2:33 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] shelter in place question Yeah, that old Woodrow Wilson was quite a fascist... News from 102 years ago: The failure of Philadelphia’s government to respond quickly and forcefully should have alerted other elected officials to the crisis. In some cases, it did, as in San Diego, where city officials took heed of the carnage that had overrun eastern cities like Philadelphia, Boston and New York and acted quickly to close churches, dance halls, gymnasiums, libraries, swimming pools and all public meetings—except, of course, outside war bond drives. Police enforced these measures aggressively. When the number of infected citizens did not immediately drop, municipal officials worked with the Red Cross to produce and distribute thousands of gauze masks, which many citizens balked at wearing, despite the entreaties of public health officials. The San Diego Union dismissed the very idea out of hand, observing that “modern civilization has abolished the mask as part of the human wearing apparel … only highwaymen, burglars, and hold-up men wear masks professionally.” Still, the city’s early and active efforts contributed to smaller mortality numbers than other municipalities. Philadelphia had something 1000 dead the first week. City fathers were assuring people this is nothing more than the regular flu... Things have not changed much. -----Original Message----- From: Seth Mattinen Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2020 2:10 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] shelter in place question On 3/22/20 1:02 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: > Someone just asked Governor Pritzker during his daily press conference > about letters like these and he said emphatically no, you do not need > them, nobody in law enforcement is going to ask for papers. > But I was clearly told on facebook that only a fascist and/or socialist police state would order a quarantine. -- AF mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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