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A brilliant thread began on Twitter that shows the liberal mainstream media’s hypocrisy on full display.
Just a few short months ago, when Florida banned mask mandates, Governor Ron DeSantis and his fellow Republicans were quickly demonized.
CNN even aired a touching segment featuring a 12-year-old who begged DeSantis to reinstate the mask mandate. However, now that blue states are finally lifting such mandates, the left-wing media is suddenly on board.
“Why the change?” asks reporter Drew Holden. These side-by-side comparisons on Twitter explain everything:
You may remember that, when DeSantis banned mandates, @CNN put together a heart-wrenching story about how even 12 year old kids knew that masks were necessary in schools.
But when it isn’t Florida allowing kids to be unmasked, we just get the facts.
Why the change? pic.twitter.com/S9aqWPqLLa
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) February 11, 2022
Over at @CNNPolitics, the same agitprop story got recycled in Florida.
But now? We’re told “Democratic governors outpace the White House with masking pullbacks.”
Oddly, I don’t recall the term “outpace” being used about DeSantis. pic.twitter.com/triNfLPuwH
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) February 11, 2022
“Thread,” Holden begins on Twitter. “Blue states across the country are finally allowing kids to go to school without masks.”
“You may remember, a few short months ago, Florida was demonized for allowing the same,” he added.
“Who’s up for a little side-by-side?” he concludes.
We saw the same thing out of @CBSNews. When it was Florida allowing kids to go to school unmasked, we had viral letters urging mandates.
But now? Apparently these things no longer go viral. pic.twitter.com/6MvKbhyUNp
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) February 11, 2022
Anyway, back to the media.
Are we not going to have a round of outraged doctors on to talk about what “science says” this time, @CBSNews?
Is it saying something differently now? Or is it merely silent as these new mandates fall? pic.twitter.com/gdyrMTM0vK
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) February 11, 2022
Again. Where are the feature stories on distraught children who are no longer going to be forced to wear masks in these states, @TODAYshow? pic.twitter.com/Zpb8Mt702f
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) February 11, 2022
@MSNBC quoted @DavidJollyFL to suggest that, without governors acting like DeSantis, “we could end this pandemic.” Quite the claim!
But when New Jersey dropped their mandate, it’s just a supportive quote from the governor about why it made sense. pic.twitter.com/zNd16O2ibW
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) February 11, 2022
Perhaps my favorite about-face was from @BusinessInsider, who ran a piece about how 3 teachers in Florida died from Covid *during their summer vacation* as a scare story but now it’s Biden who’s in the wrong for “getting left behind by his own party” as blue states lift mandates. pic.twitter.com/OicahXyy9I
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) February 11, 2022
In a common practice, @washingtonpost focused on the perspective of critics when it came to masking in Florida.
In other states where kids can now attend without masks, we’re just given the straight information that mandates are “falling.” pic.twitter.com/uCEyinMAl8
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) February 11, 2022
And we saw the same thing from @nytimes.
In Florida, the story is about the angry school boards. Not so when “several Democratic governors” end mandates – then it’s all about the good reasons they’ve offered for their decisions. pic.twitter.com/rm8wYznbST
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) February 11, 2022
The criticism of DeSantis (predominantly) wasn’t that he’d overstepped his authority; it was that he was going to get kids killed b/c schools won’t require masks.
Take @PressSec. Her worry about a world where “there were not masks in elementary school” is curiously absent now. pic.twitter.com/g2qfK2PXuX
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) February 11, 2022
You can follow the thread HERE.
