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Like maybe the Lancet's editor-in-chief? https://twitter.com/search?q=from%3Arichardhorton1%20trump&src=typed_query&f=live https://twitter.com/search?q=from%3Ar

by makomk 6y ago

Like maybe the Lancet's editor-in-chief? https://twitter.com/search?q=from%3Arichardhorton1%20trump&src=typed_query&f=live https://twitter.com/search?q=from%3Arichardhorton1%20trump&s... It's probably more obvious how much he's been using this pandemic as a political thing from this side of the Atlantic, since that's where his energy has mostly been focused.

DiogenesKynikos 6y ago
In the linked tweets, the Lancet's editor-in-chief points out a lie in Trump's letter to the WHO that directly relates to the Lancet. How can you criticize the editor's behavior here? Would you rather he remain silent while the US president lies about the Lancet?
- makomk 6y ago
  There are probably a few tweets - like that one - which are justifiable as not being partisan or political. The rest of them... not so much, and this goes back pretty much to the day Trump was elected.
- macspoofing 6y ago
  And what about the rest of the tweets?
- thu2111 6y ago
  How about these? https://twitter.com/richardhorton1/status/1267804020887912448 https://twitter.com/richardhorton1/status/126780402088791244... "This is America?" https://twitter.com/richardhorton1/status/1267725790633955328 https://twitter.com/richardhorton1/status/126772579063395532... "It says something about the state of global political leadership that Gordon Brown must remind Presidents and Prime Ministers of their duties. The world needs international action now." https://twitter.com/richardhorton1/status/1266459513248534529 https://twitter.com/richardhorton1/status/126645951324853452... "Tony Fauci and Debbie Birx—You have to resign. You can’t lend your credibility to a President who is doing frightening violence to a system of international cooperation you have spent your lives working to protect and strengthen. Please resign now. Don’t support this President." And, of course, https://twitter.com/richardhorton1/status/1267504177158262785 https://twitter.com/richardhorton1/status/126750417715826278... "Whatever one’s views about this government, public trust is essential for public health. Was protecting Dominic Cummings really worth it?" Public trust is essential for public health, indeed.
  - DiogenesKynikos 6y ago
    The editor of The Lancet is allowed to have political opinions, and to express them. Most of the opinions (with the exception of the tweet from two days ago) are about health policy. It makes sense that the editor of The Lancet is upset about Trump's attempt to wreck the WHO, for example. If the editor of The Lancet can't speak up about that, what can they speak up about?
    - thu2111 6y ago
      Of course they're allowed to have opinions and express them. We're then allowed to observe that their work is likely highly biased as a result.
      - DiogenesKynikos 6y ago
        If you think being in favor of international health cooperation and being against censorship of scientific terms from CDC publications makes a journal editor "highly biased," that's your prerogative.

by makomk 6y ago

DiogenesKynikos 6y ago

In the linked tweets, the Lancet's editor-in-chief points out a lie in Trump's letter to the WHO that directly relates to the Lancet. How can you criticize the editor's behavior here? Would you rather he remain silent while the US president lies about the Lancet?

makomk 6y ago
There are probably a few tweets - like that one - which are justifiable as not being partisan or political. The rest of them... not so much, and this goes back pretty much to the day Trump was elected.
macspoofing 6y ago
And what about the rest of the tweets?
thu2111 6y ago
How about these? https://twitter.com/richardhorton1/status/1267804020887912448 https://twitter.com/richardhorton1/status/126780402088791244... "This is America?" https://twitter.com/richardhorton1/status/1267725790633955328 https://twitter.com/richardhorton1/status/126772579063395532... "It says something about the state of global political leadership that Gordon Brown must remind Presidents and Prime Ministers of their duties. The world needs international action now." https://twitter.com/richardhorton1/status/1266459513248534529 https://twitter.com/richardhorton1/status/126645951324853452... "Tony Fauci and Debbie Birx—You have to resign. You can’t lend your credibility to a President who is doing frightening violence to a system of international cooperation you have spent your lives working to protect and strengthen. Please resign now. Don’t support this President." And, of course, https://twitter.com/richardhorton1/status/1267504177158262785 https://twitter.com/richardhorton1/status/126750417715826278... "Whatever one’s views about this government, public trust is essential for public health. Was protecting Dominic Cummings really worth it?" Public trust is essential for public health, indeed.
- DiogenesKynikos 6y ago
  The editor of The Lancet is allowed to have political opinions, and to express them. Most of the opinions (with the exception of the tweet from two days ago) are about health policy. It makes sense that the editor of The Lancet is upset about Trump's attempt to wreck the WHO, for example. If the editor of The Lancet can't speak up about that, what can they speak up about?
  - thu2111 6y ago
    Of course they're allowed to have opinions and express them. We're then allowed to observe that their work is likely highly biased as a result.
    - DiogenesKynikos 6y ago
      If you think being in favor of international health cooperation and being against censorship of scientific terms from CDC publications makes a journal editor "highly biased," that's your prerogative.