Dr. Lucky Tran Jul 24, 2023
Looks like the media has finally reached peak #COVID minimization: Defining the end of the pandemic by movie ticket sales.
Show threadDr. Lucky Tran Jul 24, 2023
Stating the obvious, but movie ticket sales and economic activity can happen at the same time as a virus continues to spread and cause harm. It's called capitalism.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/23/movies/barbie-oppenheimer-box-office-numbers.html
‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ Set Post-Pandemic Box Office High

With the biggest revenues since 2019, “Barbenheimer” gives the usual franchises a run for their money, selling out even predawn screenings.

The New York Times
Show threadDr. Lucky Tran Jul 24, 2023

It's worth pointing out that ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ sold a similar amount of tickets on opening weekend as ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer.’

‘Spider-Man’ debuted in December 2021, which was the beginning of the second most deadly #COVID wave, killing ~250,000 people in the US.

Show threadDr. Lucky Tran Jul 24, 2023
The desperation of some parts of the media to keep declaring the end of the pandemic (which many have done over and over since the summer of 2020) is an example of manufactured consent. Many want to create the illusion that #COVID is over so they can profit.
Show threadChu 朱Jul 24, 2023

@luckytran

The Globe and Mail, Canada's newspaper of record, had more articles about the economic impact of COVID on the oil and gas sector in March of 2020 than they had about the disease. Half of their articles containing the keyword "COVID" or "coronavirus" in March, April, May, June, and July of 2020 were about business and economy, not health.

Corporate media is not here to inform. They are here to manipulate.

*source: Dow Jones' Factiva database.

Show threadMDK
@chu @luckytran G&M is trash, just like NYT
Jul 24, 2023 at 8:34amWeb
Show threadLynn DJul 24, 2023
@mattdkerr @chu @luckytran we call it The Mop and Pail (I think that I got that from Bob Rae way back when the former bird site wasn’t a complete hellscape).