Downplay masks and not social distance, and call it a hoax. Where onceision network news casts provided a shared understanding of events, almost a social glue that held different parts of the nation together it is understandable, more than understandable to be enraged. Cable television has turned to packaging the news according to ideological preference. And of course it wasnt just the media. Official message of the Democratic Party is that donald trump had it coming. You going to vote for him again . I sure am. Mike is a former chairman of the Republican County Party in west virginia. When we heard about the president having covid, where did you get the news . A news flash on my phone the same time it was released to the public. Doesnt get much of his news from television anymore. Remember when back in the older days when news casters presented the news in unbiased way. Just threw it out there and let people think what they want to think about it. Theyve gotten away from the pure art of reporting and its just lost my interest. Where do you get your information . Lot of it comes from facebook, youtube feeds. Elizabeth is the current chair of the mcdoud county republican party, her husband cody is a county commissioner. This country is tore apart bad right now. I think either way theres going to be an uprising. We dont want that, dont need that in this country. If one of your friends said i cant handle trump anymore, going to vote for biden, you just pray for him . If he satisfies god, he has to satisfy us. This has done been prophesied. If god chose him, we need to shut our mouth. Way i feel. You think god chose trump to serve two terms . Yes, i do. Dusty is the mother of three, her husband is a coal miner. Shes a college grad, studied nursing. I asked her about covid. Have people in this administration been taking it seriously enough . I ask you that as a former nursing student. I know people that have worn masks and done everything right and stayed home except going to Grocery Store and still ended up sick. Listen to radio at all . No. Read newspapers . No. Where did you hear about the president having covid . I think social media, facebook maybe. For some time now and by the millions, people have been turning to social media platforms. The story of the 2020 election on social media is really one of domestic partisan activity. Weve seen large hyperpartisan news outlets, just getting enormousumbers on social media, and doing it in environment where its a pretty loose, laissezfaire attitude toward truth, in which the goal is just engage people, keep them clicking and scrolling. Writes a column on technology for the New York Times. You have just enormous numbers for hyper partisan news sources that are basically disconnected from the larger mainstream media. But i think what a lot of them have in common, theyre very skilled at provoking outrage. Theres a saying that whats enraging is engaging. Trump of course eventually got coronavirus. Where once we assembled facts in order to change opinions, now the entirety of Silicon Valley is working against donald trump and republicans this year. Theres accumulation of opinions the evidence is somewhat mixed. Which ultimately distort the facts. If trump loses its president harris. Pay attention. And youre telling me that they have more people coming to them than collectively come to abc news, nbc news, cbs news, New York Times, washington post. Spell that out to me, where are they going . Rightwing commentator ben shapiro. Coervatives and las days got 5 interactions. Thats more than five times as many as the New York Times and more than cbs, cnn, nbc, abc combined. Youre kind of leaving me speechless here. The president is ill, and a lot of the people that he has been with over the last few days are quite ill. And yet youre telling me that more people are getting their information from these outlets than they are from what we have traditionally looked upon as reliable news sources. Yeah, i would say thats true and its part of why there is so much misinformation about things like the coronavirus. I dont think thats all social medias fault. What i do think social media has done is radically amplify those things because theyre engaging and keep peoples attention. Just saying wear a mask, it works, is a useful message and lifesaving one, but not interesting one. Whereas whereas telling people that masks are part of a conspiracy that the government is engaging in mind control, that there is something nefarious going on i mean these are thriller plots. But i think ultimately the platforms ultimately have to decide whether or not they care if information is true or false. Which would appear to lead to this sad conclusion. 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In touching tribute his son and band mate wolf wrote he was best father i could ask for. Every moment was a gift. Anthony mason looks back on van halens life and groundbreaking career. Reporter with his effortless smile, electric stage presence and revolutionary riffs, Eddie Van Halens legacy as a guitar god is second to none. Born in amsterdam in 1955, van halen and his family moved to california when he was seven. He and his brother alex started at classical pianists at young age before turning to rock and roll. Alex playing my drums, got better than me, take my damned drums, ill play your guitar. Worked out for the best. Reporter their musical genius would chart the path for one of the greatest rock bands in history. Van halens selftitled first album garnered instant critical acclaim and commercial success with hit songs like flirting with the devil reporter the group skyrocketed to national and international fame, playing to soldout arenas around the world. Reporter they finally reached the top of the charts with their first and only number one single. Jump reporter we spoke to the lead guitarist of the heartbreakers, mike campbell, about his admiration for the music legend. Its sad. We lost a good one. He was innovative with his technique and i could never figure out how he did that stuff. Eddie van halens legacy on ro rock and roll and pop musics so incredibly immense, i think people will be trying to understand it for decades to come. Reporter a Senior Writer for rolling stone. Whole approach was so fluid and easy and effortless. Everyone tried to copy it. He was innovator, ahead of the curve. I thank thats what people will remember. Thats nthony mason its thursday, october 8th, 2020. This is the cbs morning news. Joe biden has been very clear. He will not raise taxes on anybody who makes less than 400,000 a year. He said hes going to repeal the trump tax cuts. Mr. Vice president , im speaking. Wait im speaking. 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