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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Apr 2020

      Dear journalists: amplifying the president saying he won't wear a mask *without* pointing out that nobody is allowed be near him without taking a COVID-19 test in the SAME sentence/headline/tweet is irresponsible and dangerous. Please, let's learn. Don't amplify without context.

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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Apr 2020

      "The president, whom nobody is allowed to approach without a COVID test, says he may choose not wear a mask." See? Journalists merely amplifying him without context are encouraging people to emulate him without enough information. Please, please do your job.

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Apr 2020

      I want journalism to survive. There's an important, irreplaceable role for journalism in a healthy society that new media does not replace. But journalists have to do their job as it fits the 21st century. Report with context. We don't need mindless amplification. It's harmful.

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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Apr 2020

      Yes, context in same tweet/sentence/headline or don't amplify. No exceptions. No parroting. If you can't fit context in your headline, change your headline strategies/spacing and tweeting habits. It's the 21st century. Time to adapt. See context:https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/03/826853164/white-house-to-give-coronavirus-test-to-people-in-close-proximity-to-trump-pence …

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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Apr 2020

      How not to do headlines. This just amplifies what he said without context: nobody is allowed to get near the president without a COVID test. Not a temp check: a full test. No test, no access. Put that there, and it's a story. Without it, people may be more likely to emulate him.pic.twitter.com/BUW0CWWJl7

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Apr 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted YelloPaddedCell

      They're playing to their usual scripts without considering the harms of their usual scripts.https://twitter.com/YelloPaddedCell/status/1246455007710343174 …

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      YelloPaddedCell @YelloPaddedCell
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      Appreciate what you're trying to do here, but do you honestly think the problem is journos trying to convey accurate info to the public & bungling it?
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        1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 May 2020

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Greg Sargent

          More on consequences of not highlighting that Trump and Pence have special testing—for them and for everyone they interact with. Of course they can decide to ditch masks. Everyone around them is tested. (My first tweet on top of this thread: a month ago).https://twitter.com/ThePlumLineGS/status/1258124248176001033 …

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          Greg SargentVerified account @ThePlumLineGS
          Note: Trump has special access to quick testing. He's using that to send a message of *normalcy* when *we* don't have testing or normalcy! This special testing is also allowing Trump to campaign. Looming question: Will Biden get special testing access? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/06/new-questions-arise-about-trumps-event-honeywell-mask-factory/ … pic.twitter.com/gDZYOmjM3u
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        1. 艾比利‏ @ai_bi_li 4 Apr 2020
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          The "free press" has been lying and covering up since Custer's Last Stand.

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        1. Kevin Riggle‏ @kevinriggle 4 Apr 2020
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          😒😭🥶💀

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        2. alejandro‏ @lanjoe9 4 Apr 2020
          Replying to @zeynep

          Dunno. The ones listening to him the most are his fanbase. And I have very little empathy for his fanbase, given that they lack empathy for everyone else.

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        3. Hope‏ @RealPoliticFact 4 Apr 2020
          Replying to @lanjoe9 @zeynep

          Majority of people are in the middle. Now we just listen to actual briefings directly due to all the clickbait & politicization. Same with researching world experts on coronavirus & treatment. WHO nor CDC are my go to authorities; same as with last admin.

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        2. Andy Flach  🌵‏ @AndyfromTucson 4 Apr 2020
          Replying to @zeynep

          After thousands of years, people still haven't gotten the memo. "And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins." Mark 2:22

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        3. Andy Flach  🌵‏ @AndyfromTucson 4 Apr 2020
          Replying to @AndyfromTucson @zeynep

          In other words, when the situation changes you have to abandon your hold habits and adopt new habits appropriate to the new situation.

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        2. YelloPaddedCell‏ @YelloPaddedCell 4 Apr 2020
          Replying to @zeynep

          What makes you think they haven't considered the harms? They just think the benefits - destroying the bad orange man and diminishing America's global standing - vastly outweigh a couple hundred thousand dead Americans.

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        3. P.J. Hinton‏ @HttpStatus402 4 Apr 2020
          Replying to @YelloPaddedCell

          Hate to break it to you, but the US’s standing in the world has diminished with its substandard response to SARS-CoV-2.

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        1. Fred Zimmerman‏ @fredzannarbor 4 Apr 2020
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          Or the lack of benefit of a service providing 20/20 hindsight for ad clicks.

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