09-18-2021 , 09:05 AM
https://www.theblaze.com/news/bill-maher...revcontent Bill Maher rips liberal media for 'scaring the s**t' out of people over COVID
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Chris Field
September 17, 2021 Comedian and host of HBO's "Real Time" Bill Maher has a message for America's left-wing media: It's your fault so many people are afraid to leave their homes; stop scaring them about COVID.
The outspoken TV personality, who has gone after the left repeatedly on his uncensored cable show, shared his thoughts about the media's role in COVID panic during an interview on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" Wednesday night.
What did he say?
Maher, who was on Kimmel's show to promote an upcoming tour, took the media to task for making life more difficult for artists trying to sell tickets to events in blue states. The comic cited a survey from the New York Times showing that Democrats overwhelmingly overestimated the likelihood of a person being hospitalized should he get COVID-19 — which, he noted, likely surprised the liberal paper.
"The question was, 'What do you think the chances are that you would have to go to the hospital if you got COVID?' And Democrats thought that was way higher than Republicans," Maher said, referring to the Times poll that found Democrats were more likely to exaggerate the severity of COVID. "The answer is between 1% and 5%," Maher correctly noted.
"Forty-one percent of Democrats thought it was over 50%. Another 28% thought it was 20 to 49%," he explained. "So 70% of Democrats thought it was way, way, way higher than it really was."
News
Chris Field
September 17, 2021 Comedian and host of HBO's "Real Time" Bill Maher has a message for America's left-wing media: It's your fault so many people are afraid to leave their homes; stop scaring them about COVID.
The outspoken TV personality, who has gone after the left repeatedly on his uncensored cable show, shared his thoughts about the media's role in COVID panic during an interview on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" Wednesday night.
What did he say?
Maher, who was on Kimmel's show to promote an upcoming tour, took the media to task for making life more difficult for artists trying to sell tickets to events in blue states. The comic cited a survey from the New York Times showing that Democrats overwhelmingly overestimated the likelihood of a person being hospitalized should he get COVID-19 — which, he noted, likely surprised the liberal paper.
"The question was, 'What do you think the chances are that you would have to go to the hospital if you got COVID?' And Democrats thought that was way higher than Republicans," Maher said, referring to the Times poll that found Democrats were more likely to exaggerate the severity of COVID. "The answer is between 1% and 5%," Maher correctly noted.
"Forty-one percent of Democrats thought it was over 50%. Another 28% thought it was 20 to 49%," he explained. "So 70% of Democrats thought it was way, way, way higher than it really was."