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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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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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.
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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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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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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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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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