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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDuring the Carter administration
the media kept a count of how many days the hostages were held in Iran. Going further back I recall TV stations putting a figure on the screen showing the number soldiers killed in Vietnam.
Its time for the media to have a permanent icon on the screen of how many Americans Trumps incompetence has killed. Not occasionally, but all the time.
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During the Carter administration (Original Post)
kairos12
Apr 2020
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malaise
(269,157 posts)1. Excellent idea
Get thee to the greatest page fir visibility
Laelth
(32,017 posts)2. That would be fair. k&r n/t
-Laelth
Under The Radar
(3,404 posts)3. Nightline with Ted Koppel did the nightly counting
Brian Williams show the 11th Hour MSNBC does something similar now on counting days of the a Trump Administration.
flor-de-jasmim
(2,125 posts)4. Also useful for people to stay vigilant.
Wednesdays
(17,408 posts)5. I can't say what other networks are doing, but
CNN has a graphic up all day showing worldwide # of cases and deaths, as well as the # of U.S. cases and deaths.