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Just in case you hadn't checked, this is the New York Times you're talking about.
by hbosch 9y ago
Just in case you hadn't checked, this is the New York Times you're talking about.
- mcculley 9y agoI'm aware that it was posted to the New York Times. I saw the same thing presented on several news sites yesterday. The New York Times does not get a pass because of some appeal to authority. I don't want the Trump administration to make the CDC less useful. The New York Times publishing gossip doesn't improve the situation.
- prepend 9y agoThe New York Times doesn’t have the credibility they once had. Sadly. I think after the Iraq War, even the Times has to prove themselves.
- epmaybe 9y agoAnd to be completely fair, this was originally broken by Washington Post, which has a long history of corroborating their sources. I understand that an appeal to authority is hard to stomach these days, but I believe that Washington Post has shown more than enough evidence that they investigate their sources' claims thoroughly before publishing. If you don't want to trust this right now, that's your prerogative, and you can wait for the official comment by the administration.
- mcculley 9y agoThe appeal to authority is completely unacceptable, in my opinion. I don't want another Iraq War. I want administrations held accountable. I want Trump held accountable. Journalists are playing into his game by publishing gossip as news.