To Defeat Coronavirus, Media Need to Look at Real-World Examples, Not Play ‘Simulitis’
There is no more important question in the coronavirus crisis than how to get off the path led by Italy and onto the track of countries like Singapore.
Coronavirus and the Digital Divide
As elite media go on about how we all should, nay must, tele-work, tele-school, tele-health and so on, we can ask that they try and hold on to what they’re now learning about who can’t do that, and why.
Julio López Varona on Puerto Rico’s Disaster Capitalism
Puerto Rico is a living lesson about climate disaster capitalism, the failure and cruelty of austerity, and the need for new ways forward.
Media Dutifully Report Trump’s Fiddling as Coronavirus Burns Through World
The more that news reports focus on parsing the words of elected officials rather than going to the sources who can tell us what science says is really going on, the more they do a disservice not just to readers, but to the cause of stopping a pandemic.
On Coronavirus, ‘You Have to Combine Economic and Public Health Measures’
“In an epidemic like this, the absolute worst thing is people who don’t get tested, or don’t get treated, because they’re worried about cost. But that’s a reality of life in America; lots of people forgo healthcare because they think it’s going to be too expensive.”
Reading About Coronavirus Without Scaring Yourself Too Much (or Too Little)
There are a few tricks that can make the miasma of coronavirus coverage easier to fight through. Some of these are just good media literacy, while some are more specific to keeping sane during public health scares in particular.
Coronavirus Is a Reason to Worry About the Economy—the Stock Market Plunge Is Not
While the spread of the coronavirus gives us very good reason to worry about the state of the economy, the plunge in the stock market does not.
Coronavirus Alarm Blends Yellow Peril and Red Scare
As an Asian-American, I’m not surprised that there are numerous reports surfacing of racist and xenophobic responses arising in the US (and elsewhere) as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, where “coughing while Asian” is being compared to “driving while black.” In case there are any doubts that media coverage is being racialized, reports […]
