{"id":22008,"date":"2014-11-08T11:48:36","date_gmt":"2014-11-08T19:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=22008"},"modified":"2014-12-16T01:09:33","modified_gmt":"2014-12-16T09:09:33","slug":"remember-ebola-apparently-the-election-and-fox-news-cured-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=22008","title":{"rendered":"Remember Ebola? Apparently The Election And Fox News Cured It"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remember way back a week ago when Ebola was the most fearsome threat America faced since The War Of The Worlds? Fox News and other media portrayed the virus as the harbinger of the Apocalypse. We were all just an errant sneeze away from contracting a deadly disease that was certain to sweep through the nation unabated.<\/p>\n

Well, last Tuesday there was an election that seems to have put an end to the panic that had previously consumed the press. And just in time since Fox is now focused on helping Republicans to scuttle health care which is no longer needed by anyone. So, no longer are there hourly updates on the raging pandemic. No longer are politicians and pundits jumping in front of every camera to proclaim that the End of Days are upon us. No longer do psycho Chicken Littles rant about how President Obama is personally responsible for the uncontrollable outbreak.<\/p>\n

\"Fox<\/p>\n

But it was just a week ago that Ebola was the calamity of choice for Fox News fear mongers. And since that is so far back in the distance past, News Corpse is providing a public service to remind everyone of the horrendous doom we narrowly escaped. For instance…<\/p>\n

Remember when…<\/h3>\n

…a travel ban on anyone from West Africa<\/a> was the Republicans’ most important immigration issue in the nation?<\/p>\n

\"GOP<\/p>\n

Remember when…<\/h3>\n

…Bill O’Reilly insisted<\/a> that the administration was lying to us and demanded that the CDC chief resign if he wouldn’t appear on his show?<\/p>\n

\"Fox<\/p>\n

Remember when…<\/h3>\n

…Fox’s “psycho”<\/em> analyst Keith Ablow accused President Obama of wanting Ebola to spread<\/a> in America because he “sees Americans as having infected others with our deadly economic policies?”<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Keith<\/p>\n

Remember when…<\/h3>\n

…Fox News was consumed by the threat of terrorists streaming across the southern border<\/a> dripping with Ebola?<\/p>\n

\"Fox<\/p>\n

Remember when…<\/h3>\n

…the transmission of Ebola to a second American nurse constituted an “OUTBREAK?”<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Fox<\/p>\n

Remember when…<\/h3>\n

…Bill O’Reilly brought in Glenn Beck to accuse Obama of facilitating the spread of Ebola<\/a> in Dallas because Dallas hates him (even though Dallas voted for Obama in larger majorities than he won nationally)?<\/p>\n

\"Glenn<\/p>\n

Remember when…<\/h3>\n

…A Republican congressmen rushed to Fox News to feverishly accuse Obama of plotting to flood the U.S.<\/a> with foreign Ebola patients?<\/p>\n

\"Fox<\/p>\n

Who knew that an election would be such an effective cure for Ebola? In the end the virus infected only two people in the United States, and only one foreign national died. When you think about the hysteria that surrounded the contrived crisis, it is curious that there isn’t a similar outcry over the guns that kill over 30,000 Americans every year. There is a good case to make that the NRA is more dangerous<\/a> to Americans than Ebola ever was. So is tobacco, influenza, pollution, and lightening. In fact, you are even more likely to die by your own hand (39,000 annual suicides) than to be killed by Ebola. So whatever you do, don\u2019t get on any plane that you are on.<\/p>\n

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Be Sure To \u201cLIKE\u201d News Corpse On Facebook<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Remember way back a week ago when Ebola was the most fearsome threat America faced since The War Of The Worlds? Fox News and other media portrayed the virus as the harbinger of the Apocalypse. We were all just an errant sneeze away from contracting a deadly disease that was certain to sweep through the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Remember Ebola? 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