Anti-vaccine Christian broadcaster Marcus Lamb dies after Covid battle
Lamb's Daystar Television Network had asked viewers in recent days to pray for his recovery.
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Marcus Lamb, Daystar CEO/Founder
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Co-founder of Christian TV network that railed against vaccines dies of Covid-19
Marcus Lamb, 64, whose Daystar network reaches an estimated 2 billion viewers worldwide, had pushed alternative therapies
Dang and now his death is being judged for his actions over politicizing COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
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Sad. The whole thing is sad
I mean are you surprised?Co-founder of Christian TV network that railed against vaccines dies of Covid-19
Marcus Lamb, 64, whose Daystar network reaches an estimated 2 billion viewers worldwide, had pushed alternative therapieswww.theguardian.com
Dang and now his death is being judged for his actions over politicizing COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
After I "cut the cord" from cable/satellite TV, I spent some time flipping though the digital OTA signals, and came across a local station broadcasting the Daystar Network. Back in the "glory days" of televangelism (think Jim and Tammy) I used to watch this stuff for laughs.
And it was funny on some level. Tilton selling his "prayer cloths." Phones ringing in the background as Pat Robertson begged for money (when we all know the ringers are muted) to make it seem like people were rushing to donate.
When I stumbled across Marcus and Joni, it was like the old TV grifters amped up to 11. So much makeup. So much hairspray. So much bad "Christian rock" music. I laughed all over again.
Now it's not so funny. Not just because he's dead, but because he had (by some estimates) around 2 billion viewers, and apparently told them to avoid getting vaccinated against what - IMO - counts as a plague of Biblical proportions. It is one thing to fleece your flock so you can have a private jet...a fool and his money are frequently separated after all...but telling millions of people to ignore the advice of their doctor and avoid getting vaccinated? Jesus Christ that's another thing altogether. I was gonna go with a "like lambs to the slaughter" line, but that's too on the nose.
And it was funny on some level. Tilton selling his "prayer cloths." Phones ringing in the background as Pat Robertson begged for money (when we all know the ringers are muted) to make it seem like people were rushing to donate.
When I stumbled across Marcus and Joni, it was like the old TV grifters amped up to 11. So much makeup. So much hairspray. So much bad "Christian rock" music. I laughed all over again.
Now it's not so funny. Not just because he's dead, but because he had (by some estimates) around 2 billion viewers, and apparently told them to avoid getting vaccinated against what - IMO - counts as a plague of Biblical proportions. It is one thing to fleece your flock so you can have a private jet...a fool and his money are frequently separated after all...but telling millions of people to ignore the advice of their doctor and avoid getting vaccinated? Jesus Christ that's another thing altogether. I was gonna go with a "like lambs to the slaughter" line, but that's too on the nose.
No it's just we been in this situation before in August and September when 4 talk show hosts died from COVID-19 related complications but then their rants got used against them in the grave. It's just we keep running into the Jonestown comparisons among these leaders over their conspiratorial rantings about the vaccine mandates to questionable cures to how many of their fans went to their idols at the grave for the same reasons.
You"d think these religious fanatics might suggest something reasonable in regards to the vaccine such as this vaccine was deemed a miracle in terms of how it was developed and discovered as fast as it was, maybe it was a gift from god and encourage people to recieve that gift in the form of taking the vaccine. But no that is generally not the case of what they preach and express regarding the vaccine, so.
I'll just say that a lot more do believe the vaccine is a good thing.
It's just that he did not have two billion viewers. What he had were TV outlets that covered (in a very loose interpretation of the term "cover") 2 billion people. Of that number, a very small percentage actually used and viewed his programs.
Of course the numbers were hyped up. Yet a very small percentage of a billion is still significant. If only one out of a thousand potential viewers actually used and viewed his programs, that's 2 million. If only half of them took his advice on vaccines to heart, that's a million. When you're dealing with a virus that kills one out of a hundred people infected, you start talking about real numbers.
And of course, he's not (or was not) alone. We have some pretty big secular networks that are at best calling vaccinations into question, and are at worst telling their viewers to ingest horse paste to keep them on this side of the lawn. Politicians from your local school board right up to a former President selling the narrative that this is all a big scam, and that your best course of action is to refuse the jab or refuse to mask up in order to "own the libs."
The lack of measurable viewership of his programs indicates even fewer than your estimate. This is hyperbole squared.
You are more than welcome to educate me on the number of viewers Lamb's network actually has. You do have the numbers, don't you?
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