News Brief: Top 10 Worst Covid Crisis Takes (So Far) (Patreon)

After over 100 episodes, scores of News Briefs, and almost three years of content production, Citations Needed has finally done it: reduced itself to a listicle. On this News Brief, we examine the top ten worst COVID-19 takes to date (not including the celebrity 'Imagine' video). Proceed with caution.

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Show Notes

Republicans Are Worried Coronavirus Stimulus Bill Is Too Generous to the Unemployed

Bess Levin | March 25, 2020 | Vanity Fair

What a Plague Reveals

Frank Rich | March 26, 2020 | New York Intelligencer

The GOP Is Exploiting Fears of Rising Suicides to Protect Wall Street Profits

Sarah Lazare | March 26, 2020 | In These Times

A Plan to Get America Back to Work

Thomas Friedman | Mach 22, 2020 | The New York Times

America's Crisis Daddy Andrew Cuomo Exploits Coronavirus Panic To Push Bail Reform Rollback In New York

Nick Pinto | March 25, 2020 | The Intercept

House Lawmakers Unveil Resolution Blaming China For The Coronavirus

Jennifer Bendery | | March 24, 2020 | Huffington Post

A viral plea to let grandparents sacrifice themselves captures a truth about Trump

Greg Sargent | March 24, 2020 | The Washington Post

U.S. military emits more CO2 than most countries

Kate Yoder | June 12, 2019 | Grist

Just 100 companies responsible for 71% of global emissions, study says

Tess Riley | July 10, 2017 | The Guardian

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References

The Cognitive Bias That Makes Us Panic About Coronavirus

Cass R. Sunstein | February 28, 2020 | Bloomberg

Essay: On the Divergent American Reactions to Terrorism and Climate Change (Goldstein Effect article) 

Cass R. Sunstein | 2007 | University of Chicago Law School Chicago Unbound

For Now, Pay Workers to Stay Home

Edward Glaeser | March 23, 2020 | The Wall Street Journal

Price Gouging

John Stossel | March 18, 2020 | Stossel TV

‘You can never make things perfectly safe with zero risk.’ How can you choose between saving the U.S. economy and saving lives?

Quentin Fottrell | March 29, 2020 | MarketMatch

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