The network’s hosts lament that people are ignoring mainstream messaging on Covid-19 and ‘living their lives’
CNN has turned introspective, apparently discovering that most Americans have tuned out its coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic, reflecting a disconnect between legacy media outlets and the general public.
Host Brian Stelter broached the subject on Monday, asking whether the media is “out of touch with the public about Covid.” CNN’s senior media reporter Oliver Darcy replied that based on what he’s seen in his travels, much of the press is “very out of touch” with the populace.
“If you travel the country, people are not really living in the same bubble that it seems that most of the media is messaging toward,” Darcy said. “And so, I think this is an issue because if people are tuning out what’s going on in cable news, if we’re not messaging toward the general population, they’re just ignoring everything and living their lives, and we’re not really getting the information that they need to them.”
CNN’s @oliverdarcy worries people will be directionless without the major media: “If people are tuning out what’s going on in cable news … they’re just, you know, ignoring everything and living their lives and we’re not really getting the information that they need to them." pic.twitter.com/h1dgECjS79
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) January 10, 2022
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Stelter appeared to shift blame for the estrangement to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which has altered some of its Covid-19 mitigation guidelines, such as shortening the recommended quarantine period for people who test positive for the virus.
