Media Spins Kristi Noem�s Grandmother�s Death To Shame The Governor�s COVID Policies

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Sat Dec 05, 2020 10:50 am

Media Spins Kristi Noem�s Grandmother�s Death To Shame The Governor�s COVID Policies
December 4, 2020 By Jordan Davidson

https://thefederalist.com/2020/12/04/media-spins-kristi-noems-grandmothers-death-to-shame-the-governors-covid-policies/

The mainstream media is exploiting the death of South Dakota Gov. Krist Noem�s grandmother in an effort to shame the Republican for her COVID-19 response.

According to the governor�s office, Noem�s grandmother, 98-year-old Aldys Arnold, died in her sleep on Nov. 22.

�Kristi Noem�s grandmother died in a nursing home hit by COVID-19 as the South Dakota governor continued to downplay the virus,� reads the headline published by Business Insider and re-upped by Yahoo! News.

The story acknowledges that �Arnold tested negative for COVID-19 before her death,� but goes on to focus on Noem�s COVID-19 policies, South Dakota�s rising coronavirus numbers, and the virus-related deaths in the nursing home where Noem�s grandmother resided. The article also criticized Noem�s decision to refuse a state-wide mask mandate.

Even though a statement from Noem�s spokesperson urging the outlet to �not politicize� Arnold�s death because �it�s callous at best� was included in the piece, Business Insider devoted the rest of the article to citing sources meant to combat the spokesperson�s claims that mask mandates don�t work.

Noem�s office told The Federalist that the article and headline were �shameful.�

The governor�s spokesperson previously reprimanded multiple news outlets including a CBS-affiliate for attempting to spin Arnold�s death, noting that the governor�s office was �very disappointed that you�re trying to politicize this,� calling journalists� behavior �beneath contempt.�

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�We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent people.� ― George Orwell

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#2 | RE: Media Spins Kristi Noem�s Grandmother�s Death To Shame The Governor�s COVID Policies datum

Sat Dec 05, 2020 11:39 am (Last edited: Sat Dec 05, 2020 1:47 pm)

It's not really possible to use the term "despicable" too much with regards to the media/political/bureaucrat complex.

"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.

"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."

- J. R. R. Tolkien

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#3 | RE: Media Spins Kristi Noem�s Grandmother�s Death To Shame The Governor�s COVID Policies datum

Sat Dec 05, 2020 1:07 pm

South Dakota's per capita death rate is far from the worst among US states. That questionable honor, last I checked, belongs to New Jersey, with New York not far behind. If I remember correctly, the four worst states are all in the northeast US, with several other states doing worse than South Dakota (including North Dakota).

Noem has three strikes against her in the eyes of the MSM: she's an R, she's a she; she isn't toeing the shutdown line; she looks likely to rise to higher office.

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