Coronavirus’ economic fallout: Don’t blame the messenger

This being my sixth decade as a journalist makes me perhaps a tad jaded when economic turmoil morphs into finger-pointing at the folks disseminating the distressing news.
The coronavirus is a global pandemic. I don’t know how to sugarcoat that fact.
The economic repercussions of this outbreak will hit many pocketbooks, and that makes me sad, for my own wallet and the finances of my audience.
But professionally, the facts are the facts – even if they hurt.
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