Topic: War Metaphor

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Stunning
Episode 1228 1:09:20 - 1:13:37

1228: Stunning

Media Alarmism and the War Metaphor

A supercut of MSNBC's Nicole Wallace repeatedly using the word "stunning" is used to illustrate media alarmism. The hosts discuss the framing of the pandemic as a "war against an invisible enemy," comparing the rhetoric to the mobilization efforts of World War II and the concept of protecting the "homeland."