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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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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 …
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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 …
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Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈Verified account @Amy_SiskindThere 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 …6 replies 32 retweets 232 likesShow this thread -
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 🦎 @livebeefReplying to @zeynepI'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.4 replies 20 retweets 124 likesShow this thread -
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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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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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.
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Replying to @JamesGleick @zeynep
Taiwan and Seoul are just as dense as NYC and have contained the virus. Preparation matters as does leadership. America was asleep. Media and politicians.
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Replying to @IreneHLin
I suggest it’s a mistake to blame “media and politicians”—or all of “America”—en masse. Choose your targets more specifically. There’s plenty of blame to go around, but some journalists (and some politicians) were on the ball from the outset.
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There were a lot on the ball, indeed but I really liked this piece... "Alarmism" and "disinformation" got conflated. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/03/why-was-it-so-hard-to-raise-the-alarm-on-coronavirus.html …
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Replying to @zeynep
Yes, the David Wallace-Wells piece is first-rate. And de Blasio was a disaster. Overall, though, surely you agree that most of the fatal disregard came from Trump and his ideological followers: Fox News et al. Continuing to this day, of course.
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I absolutely agree! I'm just pointing out that we're blind to our own tribe's failings. I watched (in horror) in February locally as people shared the "what about the flu/don't panic/travel bans don't work" stuff from liberal outlets, and traveled, held conferences etc.
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