It's going to be like the 2016 election, isn't it? Many journalists did amazing reporting since, but there really hasn't been any systematic reckoning among traditional media and punditry about their own role in all of it. (They'll talk about the tech part, though). So with this.
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Also, when I talk about media's failure in 2016, that's not my home turf! I work more on tech/misinformation etc but I can still see how much traditional media failed, and did not reflect that much on it. Same here. "Don't panic; travel; don't be racist; worry about the flu.."
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It’s interesting to see Nate push back here cause I think he agrees with you about 2016
https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1185936755549184001 …
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I think one big sign the media wasn’t taking this as seriously as it should be is that there wasn’t a signal question about how to handle the virus in the presidential debate until late February.
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Among many other indicators, yeah.
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My husband followed this from the beginning in news. The numbers from China were in contention. And so was the reason for quarantine. It seemed at first just because New Years travel not density itself. But news here strong enough to cancel kids Chinese class trip to Chinatown t
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I read the Atlantic article; it's not clear how you defined & analyzed news coverage. It notes a few headlines & bad pieces, which looks more like a quick google than actual analysis of print, online, audio, video stories by major news organizations (ones that drive coverage) /1
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I searched "New England Journal of Medicine" on the Washington Post site; they had news stories on the NEJM piece by at least Feb. 1 and cited it in continuing coverage all thru February & beyond. I chose that term to narrow the focus ... /2
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