Thread by @DrewHolden360

With Trump calling out the media for pushing fake Chinese numbers on coronavirus cases, I suspect that reporting will soon be memory-holed.

So I put together a thread with plenty of examples, grouped by outlet.

If we don’t demand accountability, we aren’t going to get any.

@NBCNews

Your tax dollars hard at work at @NPR

@BBCWorld

@business

@CNBC (with a guest feature from @WHO, who continue to cover themselves in glory here)

No surprises from @thedailybeast

These are just the most egregious from @CNN

@NYDailyNews

@nytimes

And a bonus from @nytimes that sure is something.

@ForeignPolicy just running Chinese propaganda here

@AJEnglish, no newcomer to pushing propaganda

@JeffDSachs gets his own entry for this one.

@businessinsider

@BuzzFeedNews, with charts that just happen to omit the fact that China is lying.

@Reuters with a dishearteningly bad showing.

This additional one from @businessinsider just beggars belief.

@Forbes

@Newsweek

I’ve omitted outlets who showed even a shred of skepticism about whether China’s numbers are legit.

All they need is an asterisk. But clearly that’s too much.

@latimes

@USATODAY

And this, from @qz, is just shameful.

I’m sure there are more I’m missing. I’ll keep adding.

Regrettably, adding @AssociatedPress (h/t @BryanDeanWright)

Anyway. I don’t have a Patreon to link to or anything I’m selling, but if you appreciated this thread, this is kind of my schtick, so I’m well worth a follow (in my ever-humble opinion).