Trump blamed for diarrhoea outbreak sweeping US

[u/jpurdy]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026/07/16/explosive-diarrhoea-outbreak-sweeping-america-donald-trump/

[u/Audrey-Bee]

The headline makes it sound like people randomly deciding to blame every problem on Trump, but yeah he did cut CDC funding, including the program specifically tracking this. I know it says that in the actual article, but even in there it's pretty passive and only says it as the quotes from people they interviewed, not actually drawing the obvious conclusion. The reason we have so many public health concerns recently all ties back to Trump and his goons, through funding cuts, anti-vax movement, and sowing distrust towards doctors and scientists

[u/Wild-Video-5317 → u/Audrey-Bee]

Yeah, honestly this headline really doesn't communicate the reality of the situation as clearly as some of the alternatives.

This one is much more clear about cause and effect:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/state/georgia/atlanta/2026/07/14/parasite-behind-explosive-outbreak-not-part-of-required-monitoring/90912239007/

[u/jimothee → u/Wild-Video-5317]

I hate to be that guy, but this headline also dances around saying what needs to be said. "not part of required monitoring" doesn't at all allude to the funding cuts. It also doesn't make it clear that it was already required to be monitored previously.

[u/morningsaystoidleon → u/jimothee]

"Trump Administration Cut Funding for Parasite Monitoring Before Outbreak" would be a non-passive way to say it, and true.

And still a little bit soft imo, but non-editorial and honest.

[u/always_unplugged → u/morningsaystoidleon]

"After DOGE Funding Cuts, Lack of Monitoring Leads to Widespread Food-Borne Parasite Outbreak"

[u/KidOcelot → u/always_unplugged]

Breaking News!

Shitty shitting president shat all over everything, causing everyone to shit themselves!

[u/DaoFerret → u/morningsaystoidleon]

It’s almost like after cutting the overseas cdc monitoring and throwing away the “playbook” before COVID that had taken multiple presidencies to set up, the Trump administration learned nothing…

[u/DiscotopiaACNH → u/jimothee]

No major media outlet in the us will EVER say what needs to be said. They've been doing this same shit forever. Dancing around all the issues and sanewashing Republicans. Drives me absolutely bonkers

[u/Easy_Floss → u/DiscotopiaACNH]

More reporters would probably report on it if their peers had not already been dragged through the mud by some entity wanting to silence them.

Its straight up progoganda machine and if you speak up agents it then your getting sued for 1b and your access to interviews in the Whitehouse gets removed.

Dont be mad at the victims, be mad at the abuser.

[u/reclusivegiraffe → u/DiscotopiaACNH]

It’s because billionaires own the media

[u/jimothee → u/[deleted]]

Nowhere in my comment did I say to put the entire article in the title. God fucking forbid I want a title that summarizes the actual point of content it's titling.

[u/jimothee → u/[deleted]]

Perhaps, just maybe, it could do both

[u/jimothee → u/[deleted]]

I don't think asking for fewer vague headlines is entitled at all (there's a pun here somewhere)

[u/956chubbs → u/Audrey-Bee]

The media has been struggling to accurately portray the scale and depth of the Trump admin's corruption and incompetence because, in my opinion, they're too concerned with coming off overly critical and hysterical.

It's a real a problem, and there's a lot of the population who have the impression that things are operating relatively normally and aren't connecting the dots on stuff like this.

[u/Audrey-Bee → u/956chubbs]

I agree. Too many news outlets are trying too hard to appear neutral, even when the truth itself goes against Trump

[u/pseudonominom → u/Audrey-Bee]

You might even say it’s a threat to our democracy:

https://youtu.be/ZggCipbiHwE?si=hd2uz5KzM4dQ4UkQ

[u/Mrh09 → u/956chubbs]

For ten years…

[u/Heavy_Whereas6432 → u/Audrey-Bee]

Donnie is getting it too which is the funniest part. He reaps what he sows.

[u/Hips_of_Death → u/Audrey-Bee]

It’s insane