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Originally Posted by Sean
Probably more accurate to say "fuck those assholes for stirring up an opportunistic, ratings-boosting, worldwide panic through wild exaggerations that caused more destruction than the swine flu itself ever did". 
Case in point...
"Egypt's decision to ignore U.N. advice and cull its pigs over flu fears has unintentionally fanned sectarian tensions in the mainly Muslim country." |
To be fair to cacophony's position, it would be hard to argue that the media was more a culprit than pre-existing tensions towards the egyptian christian minority by the ruling muslims. The culling decision happened quick, it necessarily targeted a particular sect, and it didn't happen in other countries where the christians are not as numerous enough as to pose a threat.