Even if the line is "the official advice changed and we screwed it up along with everyone else because we didn't do the investigative legwork and published stupid pieces", how can anyone write a "why have masks become a flash-point" piece without mentioning this history? Amazing.
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"We got it wrong and here's what we learned from that" is commendable and trust-building. We're going to treat the public like they can't remember what happened just a few months ago is not.
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If a paper publishes a piece calling masks "magical thinking", implying the wearers are stupid and just prone to irrational fancies, you shouldn't then publish an article mere months later about polarization around same topic without remembering stuff like that happened! *sigh*
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You don't even need D. Why should people trust you after you did A and B?
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the 2nd link is opinion, no? so not a news story.
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I agree with your broader point, but the second piece is an opinion piece written by an outside writer, isn’t it? Not a WashPo reporter. Don’t think it’s a news article, more op/ed… though hard to tell, which is actually maybe a bigger problem. Especially in digital.
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Would anyone publish a "hand-washing is magical thinking" article? They'd be excoriated for endangering the public.
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