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Arguably, nothing was more elitist than journalists, who don’t need to worry about losing their jobs literally overnight, whining about unemployed people getting their income back. But the elitist anger of CBS Evening News and NBC Nightly News notably only found select targets Monday night: red states, while states ran by Democrats were largely sheltered from their scorn.
CBS was the most spiteful in their condemnation of getting desperate people getting a source of income again. Anchor Norah O’Donnell used her opening monologue to gilt trip the unemployed.
“That burnout combined with rising unemployment is leading 19 states to loosen restrictions and reopen some businesses and restaurants,” she said. “But in many of those states, the number of infections is still rising. Tonight, there are more than 985,000 confirmed cases in the U.S. Nearly 56,000 people have died nationwide.”
And CBS correspondent Mark Strassmann’s animosity toward Republican-controlled Georgia was obvious as he began his report, lashing out their intelligence. “Norah, riding out a pandemic in Georgia suddenly has options. You can go to dinner and a movie, you can get a haircut, a workout, a tattoo. And if you're wondering, does any of that sound smart, well, so are many Georgians,” he chided.
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