We're Fumbling the Coronavirus Crisis

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

Daily News, News

4.5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Slate Plus members get ad-free podcasts and bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence. Sign up now to listen and support our work. On the Gist, Trump's antics will not work with the Coronavirus. In the interview, Mike talks with staff writer and national correspondent at The Atlantic James Fallows about how the media should respond to the current Corona Virus crisis. They discuss what impact the stock market's downward turn might have on Trump's chances of getting re-elected, how the two remaining Democratic presidential candidates would respond if they were president, and what we can learn from China's respond to the pandemic. In the spiel, we're either overreacting or under-reacting to the Coronavirus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Angie's list is now Angie and we've heard a lot of theories about why.
0:03.9	I thought it was an eco-move for your worst, less paper.
0:07.0	Humph, it was so you could say it faster.
0:09.6	No way.
0:10.4	It's to be more iconic.
0:12.0	Must be a tech thing.
0:13.2	But those aren't quite right.
0:14.8	It's because now you can compare up front prices,
0:17.6	book a service instantly, and even get your project handled from start to finish.
0:21.6	Sounds easy.
0:22.4	It is, and it makes us so much more than just a list.
0:25.6	Get started at Angie.com.
0:27.2	That's ANGI, or download the app today.
0:30.1	The following recording may or may not include instances of words being said
0:35.6	that the FCC would find me for if their long arm could ever reach.
0:43.1	It's Monday March 9, 2020 from Slated to the Gist of Mike Pasca.
0:47.6	The stock market had a worse day and over a decade,
0:51.1	and that's in percentage terms, not the stupider sheer number of the client.
0:55.8	But the Dow did drop over 2000, which is something, meaning something,
1:00.8	the president will notice.
1:02.6	Because as much as Trump doesn't care about results or humans or truth,
1:07.4	he is into the Dow.
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