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The Atlantic tries to churn moral panic 24/7, and now they are trying to also churn anti-moral panic? Stop getting science advice from op-ed magazines! I sympa
by alpineidyll3 6y ago
The Atlantic tries to churn moral panic 24/7, and now they are trying to also churn anti-moral panic?
Stop getting science advice from op-ed magazines! I sympathize with 100% of the Atlantic's political views and completely hate their desperate and misguided attempts to remain relevant.
- aeternum 6y agoIs it possible that the Atlantic employs multiple writers that don't all share the same set of opinions?
- voxelghost 6y agoOne could imagine that that might even be a good way to run a news paper.
- Rapzid 6y agoIt's just as likely they run op-eds from authors willing to have whatever opinion is necessary. The business of op-ed and analysis pieces is pretty crappy, and it does not require any moral or intellectual honesty from the authors.
- taejo 6y agoThe author of this piece, Zeynep Tufekci (https://twitter.com/zeynep https://twitter.com/zeynep), has had a pretty consistent viewpoint throughout the epidemic: she called for early response, early mask wearing (when most western authorities were advising against it) and co-authored a review on the topic (https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202004.0203/v1 https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202004.0203/v1), and has consistently said that closing outdoor public spaces is a mistake. Whether she's wrong or right, she's not just writing what the Atlantic's editors tell her to.
- alpineidyll3 6y agoSure, but cursory editorial summaries of cursory science are not a part of your healthy science diet.