Corona Skeptics (8/3/20) w/ Minion Death Cult
Corona Skeptics (8/3/20) w/ Minion Death Cult
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Alex and Tony from Minion Death Cult join host Jared Holt to take a look at COVID-19 pandemic skeptic Alex Berenson and the larger cottage industry of media figures who have found success offering counter-narratives to public health recommendations and media coverage of the disease. Then, the crew examines arguments about coronavirus being passed around the right-wing internet.
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Stories Referenced:
- With little clarity on coronavirus, Americans crowdsource how to live in a pandemic (The Washington Post)
- An Ex-Times Reporter. An Ohio Wedding Provider. Covid Contrarians Go Viral. (The New York Times)
- Here Are the Questions the Right's Favorite Coronavirus Truther Isn't Willing to Answer (Vice)
- An Ex-New York Times Reporter Has Become the Right’s Go-To Coronavirus Skeptic (Vanity Fair)
- Elon Musk calls for Amazon breakup after Covid-19 skeptic claims it censored his book (CNBC)
- What Alex Berenson’s new book gets wrong about marijuana, psychosis, and violence (Vox News)
- Tucker Carlson Tries To Blame Marijuana For Mass Shootings (The Fresh Toast)