NYT Scolds China for Not ‘Learning to Live’—or Die—With Covid
The New York Times writes yet another in a series of articles about how China has had the enormous misfortune of avoiding mass death.
Jim Naureckas
NYT: China Needs to Rethink Its Not-Letting-People-Die-From-Covid Policy
Do you feel like you are free of “pandemic fatigue” because you live in a country that has a “higher tolerance of Covid”?
Rumsfeld Remembered as ‘Complex,’ ‘Energetic’—Not as Killer of Multitudes
One thing you won’t find in corporate media obituaries of Donald Rumsfeld is any estimate of how many people died in the wars he was in charge of launching.
Need a Quote From an Official Enemy Denouncing Democracy? Do Like the New York Times and Make It Up
The New York Times produces a new installment in its ongoing project of demonizing China.
Who Is Aleksei Navalny? NYT Once Knew, but Has Since Forgotten
A New York Times headline asks a good question that the accompanying story completely fails to answer.
NYT’s China Syndrome
Too good or not good enough, China’s coronavirus response is an obsession of the New York Times.
ACTION ALERT: What Can ‘Now Be Told’ by NYT About Pentagon Papers Isn’t Actually True
Please tell the New York Times to set the historical record straight by correcting its story to note that Daniel Ellsberg did in fact give the Pentagon Papers to the Times.
Despite ‘Man Bites Dog’ Exit Poll Stories, Dogs Still Do Most Biting
The bottom line, obscured by demographic gee-whiz stories, is that Trump had a 15-point advantage among whites and a 46-point deficit with people of color.
Exit Lines: Campaign Analysts Miss the Signal in the Noise
The bottom line, obscured by demographic gee-whiz stories, is that Trump had a 15-point advantage among whites and a 46-point deficit with people of color.
Kathleen Kearney Naureckas (1936–2020)
Today would be the 84th birthday of my mother, Kathleen Kearney Naureckas, who died at her apartment in Oak Park, Illinois, on September 30, 2020.
A Quick (Corrected) Calculation on Child Covid Deaths
People who promote the idea of accepting Covid infection in pursuit of herd immunity rarely acknowledge the high death toll that such a policy necessarily entails.
ACTION ALERT: Newsweek Should Disavow Racist Insinuation That Kamala Harris Is Not a Citizen
Please contact Newsweek’s editors and demand that they retract the op-ed insinuating that Kamala Harris (like millions of other Americans) is not a US citizen.
Why Is a Case of Bubonic Plague in Inner Mongolia a Worldwide News Story?
Why does this medical misfortune in Inner Mongolia, one of hundreds of cases of bubonic plague that will occur worldwide this year, deserve a story in major news outlets?
When Good People Do Bad Things, Should You Care? Depends on Whether You Have the Right Ideology
Don’t waste time criticizing bad things done by good people–unless, of course, you are a bad person who only thinks they are good.
Avoid This Kind of Coverage Like the Plague
Why does this medical misfortune in Inner Mongolia, one of hundreds of cases of bubonic plague that will occur worldwide this year, deserve a story in major news outlets?
Are Swedes Shunned for High Covid Rates—or Is It Really ABBA?
A New York Times reporter tries to explain why Swedes are no longer allowed to visit other Scandinavian countries in a way that minimizes having to acknowledge how much he sold deadly snake oil to Times readers.
It Won’t Be Protests That Bring On the Next Big Wave of Covid Infections
If we’ve been listening to what epidemiologists have told us about the coronavirus, there are reasons to believe that the protests will not have a major impact on the pandemic’s trajectory.
We Can Stop a Million Deaths—but Will We?
It may be unlikely that the United States will summon the political will to implement a realistic plan for not just delaying, but stopping Covid-19. But it’s crucial for media reporting on options in the fight against the outbreak to distinguish.
We Can Stop a Million Deaths—but Will We?
It may be unlikely that the United States will summon the political will to implement a realistic plan for not just delaying, but stopping Covid-19. But it’s crucial for media reporting on options in the fight against the outbreak to distinguish.
Newsweek Fails to Note That White House Reopening Guidelines Make Absolutely No Sense
It’s critically important that media provide accurate reporting on what our governments are choosing to do, and what price we are likely to pay for their choices. Instead, Newsweek is giving us the latest fashion reports on the emperor’s new clothes.
