March 16, 2020
How the coronavirus hype developed
By Daniel G. Jones
On Fox News Sunday, the headline subject was coronavirus, and its effects on the stock market and the economy.
Chris Wallace asked Washington Post journalist Charles Lane, “How big a threat is this pandemic to this country…?â€
Lane answered:
“So, it’s been remarkable to watch this threat assessment evolve over the last seven to ten days. Very specifically, we had two business leaders visit the Washington Post the week before this, from Silicon Valley and Wall Street. This (pandemic) issue barely came up in those hour-long conversations.
“And by Wednesday we were receiving phone calls from people who were in high levels in both the Bush and Obama administrations, telling us ‘Hey guys, this is getting terrible. This could be, like, a hit of five percent to GDP. You guys need to be writing about this.’
“And so the threat assessment evolved very, very suddenly.â€
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