On: Pentagon Knew of Possible Coronavirus Threat for Y...

[_dw7s]

> from the same exact media rooms

can you point me to an article from NPR which was downplaying the outbreak?

[aaomidi → _dw7s]

And why does it matter?

They're a reporting and news agency. They're not in the business of strategically planning for an outbreak.

They were merely reporting the sentiment of the leaders of this country in the earlier days.

[daxorid → _dw7s]

Here you go:

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/01/29/8008132...

[xenophonf → daxorid]

At the time, that was true.

[nickysielicki → xenophonf]

By that logic, the Pentagon acted reasonably. So what's this new article about, then?

[xenophonf → nickysielicki]

Different audience, different role. Their whole job is threat forecasting and risk management.