It's just a coincidence in timing but I have today already seen two takedowns of major media errors. We know there is something wrong with the mainstream media propagating false or incorrect information but it feels like it is getting worse.
This thread is important because the original opinion piece had no evidence to support the opinion. The evidence they did advance did not support, could not support their conclusion.
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— David Zweig (@davidzweig) August 10, 2021
I corresponded with the authors of the Duke study behind this opinion piece weeks ago... https://t.co/KtwivD9cwX
Important to follow the whole thread for all the valuable information.
From this morning I saw this nonsense where the media was making up a problem that did not actually exist. The incident they claimed, did not happen.
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— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) August 9, 2021
I know it may seem straight out of Curb Your Enthusiasm, but the supposed-racist-barrage-turned-innocent-fan-behavior this weekend in Colorado says a lot about the media.
I try to unpack why after some highlights from the unfounded outrage. ⤵️
Again, follow the thread for the sordid details about how desperately the media wanted their imaginings to be real.
And, having nothing to do with media malfeasance per se, there is this story of the University of Wisconsin removing a boulder from campus because once, nearly a hundred years ago, it was referred to pejoratively with a racial epithet.
This seems so emblematic of the current era. $50k in real contemporary dollars and untold emotional and psychic energy to remove *a rock* which many years ago had been referred to by a derogatory name. https://t.co/CqXWraftNb
— Thomas Chatterton Williams 🌍 🎧 (@thomaschattwill) August 9, 2021
We seem to suffer both a dearth of outrageous events, a surfeit of opportunities to express moral outrage, and an absence of even modestly mature thinking among people in leadership positions.
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