Woodward's silence cost much sufferning and many lost lives by letting the Trump lies about the pandemic go unchallenged when he had the perp's clear, contradictory words on tape. Book revenues have their price.
Just saying. Seriousness about the truth of the risk early in events was deliberately made MIA. The damned book is blood-tainted. Its cover should show the Reaper's grin.
Buy healthy food, comfortable shoes, and warm winter clothing instead. And don't skimp on your mask. This guy, waiting to show up masked until mid-July did not skimp:
Trump wears mask in public for first time during visit to Walter Reed
It was a noteworthy evolution for the president, who has
balked at wearing protective face coverings as a deadly pandemic surged
across portions of the U.S.
President Donald Trump wears a mask as he walks down the hallway during
his visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda,
Md., on Saturday. | Patrick Semansky/AP Photo
It is important to remember two things: 1) the first set of comments
came in FEBRUARY, well before there was widespread public awareness of
the lethality of the virus and 2) as much of a buffoon as he is, Trump
is not some rando just speculating. He is quite literally the president,
with access to the world’s top scientists. So he was divulging crucial,
newsworthy and time-sensitive information. Clearly, he knew more about
the lethality and transmission of the virus than he was publicly letting
on, and yet he was still downplaying the severity of the disease and insinuating that it is like the common flu.
That’s
a horrific crime against humanity -- but it was aided and abetted by
the popular face of investigative journalism: Mr. All The President’s
Men himself.
Crimes like this often happen in secret. They take
years to suss out -- and in many instances, their details never see the
light of day. Journalists’ job is, in part, to try to prevent disasters
from happening and to protect the public interest -- indeed, the motto
of the Washington Post is literally a warning that “democracy dies in
darkness.”
Is Sirota being too tough on the early autumn book author and publisher?
You decide. The belief at Crabgrass is some things have to be said in as stark a set of terms as merited. Nobody else had the access and tape recording. Was there a quid pro quo at play, for delay? Would a quid pro quo be admitted?
