ABC, NBC Blame Reopening for COVID Spikes, Not Protests and Riots

Nicholas Fondacaro | June 9, 2020
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As the country entered its third week of countrywide, mass protests for the death of George Floyd, the liberal media was trying to gaslight the American people on what was to blame for spikes in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. Tuesday evening saw ABC’s World News Tonight and NBC Nightly News insist that states reopening their economies were to blame, and not the protests attracting thousands upon thousands of people.

Troubling new signs tonight about coronavirus in some areas that reopened early. Hospitalizations are way up. A more serious indicator than the number of cases,” declared NBC anchor Lester Holt. He was echoed by correspondent Gadi Schwartz at the top of the report. “Tonight, a dramatic rise in coronavirus hospitalizations in some states among the first to reopen,” Schwartz said.

Schwartz went on to huff that “Texas [was] seeing a record-breaking number of hospitalizations, even as the governor moves to open bars, restaurants, and amusement parks to 50 percent capacity.” He then admitted that Georgia, the first state to reopen was not seeing any spike.

His intellectually dishonest suggestion came after Today co-anchor Hoda Kotb had pointed out the double standard of who was having social distancing regulations forced upon them. “For two weeks, protesters have hit the streets to fight for racial equality. But at the same time, some businesses, beaches, and churches have remained closed,” she said as an on-screen headline read: “Protesters Flood Streets as Businesses Remain Shut Down.”

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