Ah look, Nate grossly misrepresenting my position to create a neat straw-man. Full steam pundit habits! (That's about me, a thread about one of tweets). I obviously never compared media failure to government failure let alone say "as much" because that would be idiotic.https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1243404943983169544 …
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I don't mind disagreements! They make arguments sharper. But come on. The idea that I claim one type of failure of pundit messaging in more liberal media means this is their fault "as much as" the government? Face value ridiculous.https://twitter.com/edbott/status/1243561129130856448 …
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Not reckoning with 2008 and Iraq is partly why we have a Trump presidency. Trump in November will be "this was terrible luck, who knew, we all got blindsided." It's early. Who knows what will happen. But it's important to understand why "we were all blindsided" may resonate.
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Also, back to tech criticism. I used it, but I hate the quote-tweet. It makes it difficult to have substantial arguments but easy to create straw-man for dunking for own audience. I normally reply, and tried with Nate but I thought he's caricaturing beyond reason so I'll expose.
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And yes, it was personally painful to spend late January and February trying to explain that this wasn't some low-risk anymore; that we were going to get hit for sure, and badly, and be told panic was worse, flu etc. One of my favorite cities in the world is being decimated.
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Finally, if anyone is here for the Twitter fight. Please hop over to my we must all mask up thread (my NYT op-ed about it at the top). NYC will have to mask-up to get through this. Maybe local hospitals can lead, because everything else is failing.
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Just adding this here. An honest reflection from a journalist, helps balance Nate’s straw man representation of my criticism that’s sadly too stupid to argue with. (I like substantial discussions, not caricatures.
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I think a lot of media folks are deeply cynical and so it prevents them from seeing actual legitimate threats for what they are.
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Zeynep you may be interested in this thread, a great explanation of the phenomenon of working at the intersection of infectious disease modeling and the study of misinformation during the worst pandemic in a century. https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1243252341756669953.html …
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Trump banned flights from China, blue check media & Dems called him racist. Trump banned flights from Europe, blue check media & Dems called him a xenophobe. Spare me about federal response.
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The disease was already spreading inside the US when flights were banned. It's like trying to stop a wildfire by banning campfires.
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