Should be the biggest story out there. The world's 2nd largest economy, the factory of the world, has millions on lockdown due to a deadly virus.
But here's the NYT homepage. Virus coverage *is* there, but below the fold. Wrong priority.
It's not #justtheflu
But here's the NYT homepage. Virus coverage *is* there, but below the fold. Wrong priority.
It's not #justtheflu
Yeah, I get it. Iowa and impeachment. But for the folks who pride themselves on serious, eat-your-vegetables news, this is it.
I'm a little surprised at how much this has been downplayed. To be clear, the coverage is there, it's just not emphasized relative to its importance.
I'm a little surprised at how much this has been downplayed. To be clear, the coverage is there, it's just not emphasized relative to its importance.
You can't criticize the Chinese government for downplaying news of the virus while downplaying news of the virus.
Because we're seeing that dynamic in the US. The attention-allocating system of the US only seems to work once it's already a crisis, not beforehand.
Because we're seeing that dynamic in the US. The attention-allocating system of the US only seems to work once it's already a crisis, not beforehand.
Again, there is zero benefit in "panic". But also dumb to be blithely unconcerned.
The right coverage would emphasize:
- why this may get as bad as the Spanish Flu
- things you can do, like theprepared.com
- economic impact
- policies, like this:
The right coverage would emphasize:
- why this may get as bad as the Spanish Flu
- things you can do, like theprepared.com
- economic impact
- policies, like this:
