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James O'Brien - The Whole Show

TEST, ISOLATE, BOARD A TRAIN TO WESTMINSTER

James O'Brien - The Whole Show

Global

News, Daily News

4.3912 Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2020

⏱️ 143 minutes

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Summary

For some time we've been questioning the efficacy of Government messaging, and thanks to the MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West, our concerns are yet again front and centre. Alright let me break this down: Margaret Ferrier tested POSITIVE for Coronavirus, and then BOARDED a train back to her hometown from Westminster. Also the President of the United States has got it too. All of that, and much more. This is a catch-up version of James O'Brien's live, daily show on LBC Radio. To join the conversation call: 0345 60 60 973

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This is LBC from Global, leading Britain's conversation with James O'Brien.

0:48.2

It's three minutes after ten, and you are listening to James O'Brien on LBC.

0:50.1

A very good morning indeed to you.

0:55.8

The big story of the moment, inevitably involves the American president and his contraction and his contraction of coronavirus. What's interest? I mean, there's a million interesting things about this,

0:59.5

but the, um, the newspapers, of course, are sent to bed, uh, late last night, long before the news

1:08.7

emerged of Donald Trump's infection.

1:11.2

So it was quite interesting this morning to look through them with that new knowledge in mind.

1:16.6

The Times, for example, reports that researchers at Cornell University in New York have analyzed 38 million articles about the virus in the English language media and found that President Trump is the single largest driver

1:30.3

of misinformation about the coronavirus.

1:33.3

I thought we just pause for a moment and reflect upon that.

1:36.2

The single largest driver of misinformation about the coronavirus,

1:41.2

which of course in his own country has killed over 200,000 people, is the man in

1:45.9

charge. You obviously like me don't wish harm or death upon anybody. Even the most egregious offenders

1:55.5

against morality and sensibility will pollute your moral conscience if you stoop to their level.

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