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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 24 Mar 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted zeynep tufekci

      Thread from a month ago. 😢https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1232352734990520331 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynep
      "We get the flu every year." You know what will happen if we hit COVID-19 unprepared? More people will die of... the flu. And everything else. On top of COVID-19. We have only so many hospital beds, ventilators, ICUs. To be ready means we are ready to flatten the curve—buy time.
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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 24 Mar 2020

      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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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Mar 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Jay Rosen

      Yep. Lack of reflection among media and pundits that made all this so much worse is mindblowing. All of February, I watched people locally use those “what about the flu/travel bans don’t work/don’t overreact” articles to decide go on trips and conferences.https://twitter.com/jayrosen_nyu/status/1242647591990562816 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Jay RosenVerified account @jayrosen_nyu
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      Run-up to the Iraq War. Financial crisis in 2008. Election of 2016. No broad reckoning after any of them. Notice how after each of these collapses, there's a huge story to cover. So they move on.
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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Mar 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Amy Siskind  🏳️‍🌈

      Judging by the way everyone’s already ignoring how wrong and dangerously misleading so many liberal/traditional pundits/papers were up until early March, I say they will do fine. Every tribe is blind to themselves.https://twitter.com/amy_siskind/status/1242801225449562112 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Amy Siskind  🏳️‍🌈Verified account @Amy_Siskind
      There are a lot of people whose reputations will never recover from this era. “Fox's Brit Hume says it’s an “entirely reasonable viewpoint” to expect that grandparents would be willing to die to protect the economy.” https://www.mediamatters.org/brit-hume/foxs-brit-hume-says-its-entirely-reasonable-viewpoint-expect-grandparents-would-be …
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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 25 Mar 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted  🦎 Curious Reptile  🦎

      And even that was not a great question. Look, some of the people I'm criticizing here include my friends and circles. They're human, the mistakes are human but the problem is the things are set-up. Can't fix that without admitting failure.https://twitter.com/livebeef/status/1242853462209150977 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

       🦎 Curious Reptile  🦎 @livebeef
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      I've not seen a single reporter or outlet admit fault. No humility. In some cases historical revisionism by claiming this was primarily Trump's fault. Which, while it was substantively his fault, it was also substantively the traditional media's fault at a pivotal time.
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    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 26 Mar 2020

      I don't agree with everything in this piece, but it's good. I was alarmed in January and switched in February to try to warn people and get pundits to stop writing "what about the flu" and "don't panic" pieces and got lectured and/or failed. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/03/why-was-it-so-hard-to-raise-the-alarm-on-coronavirus.html …pic.twitter.com/Tixr5TTzHo

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    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 26 Mar 2020

      Look at the catastrophe unfolding in NYC. It will soon be perhaps the worst hit place globally, and it's not a coincidence that it's the center of exactly that kind of "what about the flu/don't panic" pundit-world/media. Yes it's hard to hear but this is not just a Trump failure.pic.twitter.com/5AJWK7evn4

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    8. James Gleick‏Verified account @JamesGleick 26 Mar 2020
      Replying to @zeynep

      Zeynep, with respect, that’s a terrible take. NYC’s catastrophe might have something to do with extreme population density, street life, mass transit—more intense and varied crowd mixing than any other US city. I assure you panic/care began earlier here than most places.

      8 replies 4 retweets 71 likes
    9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 26 Mar 2020
      Replying to @JamesGleick

      The mayor and other officials were assuring people to go out as late as March! We lost all of February, too. Given international travel patterns and density/public transportation, it was almost certain to be ground zero. The lockdown is so recent. 😢

      8 replies 2 retweets 63 likes
    10. James Gleick‏Verified account @JamesGleick 26 Mar 2020
      Replying to @zeynep

      All of that—yes. But not because NY is the center of “pundit-world/media.” I saw some fine reporting and commentary early, and some that was tragically naive or complacent. As for the responsible public officials, from the top down, perhaps we’ll someday have a reckoning.

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 26 Mar 2020
      Replying to @JamesGleick

      Some reporting was great, indeed. But there was a lot of “we don’t panic”, tragically throughout February and March. Almost like a 9/11 script. Pandemics don’t work like terrorism, unfortunately.

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        1. AJ Fish‏ @aljfish 26 Mar 2020
          Replying to @zeynep @JamesGleick

          It gives people a false superiority to "we don't panic". Panic is not the name for jumping into pragmatic action.

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          Delete this. This is not the time to blame New York pundits people are dying. There are plenty of questions to ask Mr. Trump.

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        2. ragnar‏ @ragnarcar 27 Mar 2020
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          From the beginning, hard to understand what would be wrong with panicking in this situation. Toilet paper hoarding a small price to pay for massively successful distancing.

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 27 Mar 2020
          Replying to @ragnarcar @JamesGleick

          I like this piece. Many people were fighting the last war. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/03/why-was-it-so-hard-to-raise-the-alarm-on-coronavirus.html …

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