Panic Is a Terrible Idea

Preparation for Coronavirus is essential. Panic? Not so much. Jon welcomes his old friend from the blogging trenches Jim Lakely, now the Vice President and Director of Communications of the Heartland Institute, to discuss the media’s abysmal job at covering a pandemic. Prior to joining Heartland, Lakely spent 16 years in daily-deadline journalism, covered Capitol Hill, and was a member of the White House Press Corps for The Washington Times. Follow him on Twitter!

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  1. Leslie Watkins Inactive
    Leslie Watkins
    @LeslieWatkins

    The thing is, we all know everything’s crazy, except for us.

    Enjoyed it.

    • #1
  2. Percival Thatcher
    Percival
    @Percival

    Keep Calm
    and
    Dope-slap
    a Journalist

    • #2
  3. Jim Lakely Inactive
    Jim Lakely
    @JimLakely

    Leslie Watkins (View Comment):

    The thing is, we all know everything’s crazy, except for us.

    Enjoyed it.

    Thanks, Leslie. It was great fun being on with my buddy Jon. Hope do to it again soon.

    • #3
  4. Thaddeus Wert Coolidge
    Thaddeus Wert
    @TWert

    Russia, Covington High, without Net Neutrality people will die, Ukraine and impeachment, etc.. etc. And now we’re supposed to believe these people are telling us the truth? Jeez…

    Anyway, great episode, and I washed my hands after I finished listening to it.

    • #4
  5. jerrykrause Inactive
    jerrykrause
    @jerrykrause

    @jongabriel relief t0 hear logic and common sense

    • #5
  6. OccupantCDN Coolidge
    OccupantCDN
    @OccupantCDN

    Panic is all they have.

    In normal times democrats have fear to keep their base interested in voting for them, but nobody is really afraid of Donald Trump. This year is worse than normal, because not only are they democrats, but their candidate is Joe Biden…. They need to scare their base like Wes Craven to get them to vote.

    • #6
  7. RufusRJones Member
    RufusRJones
    @RufusRJones

    Glad to hear that extra handwashing has no merit in coronavirus protection. I’m sick of it.

    • #7
  8. kedavis Coolidge
    kedavis
    @kedavis

    RufusRJones (View Comment):

    Glad to hear that extra handwashing has no merit in coronavirus protection. I’m sick of it.

    I guess it depends what “extra” means.  A lot of people probably don’t ever wash as much as they normally should.

    • #8
  9. Jeff Hawkins Inactive
    Jeff Hawkins
    @JeffHawkins

    All positives will be because of government intervention

    All negatives will be because of Trump

    Going to find an audiobook of Marcus Aurelius

    • #9
  10. Ralphie Inactive
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    @Ralphie

    kedavis (View Comment):

    RufusRJones (View Comment):

    Glad to hear that extra handwashing has no merit in coronavirus protection. I’m sick of it.

    I guess it depends what “extra” means. A lot of people probably don’t ever wash as much as they normally should.

    And then I read where OCD people who are trying to quit handwashing so much are stressed out right now.

    • #10
  11. RufusRJones Member
    RufusRJones
    @RufusRJones

    I was being sarcastic. It’s irresponsible to not wash your hands more right now. Hand sanitizer is a distant second, too. 

    • #11
  12. angelasg Inactive
    angelasg
    @angelasg

    I think this podcast was most like the old ones with Stephen Miller, except Jon actually got to talk.  Jim was a great guest!

    • #12
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