Rushkoff: The New York Times misrepresented Israeli COVID study for clicks
Douglas Rushkoff · #124 Douglas Rushkoff: The Perils of Modern Media · Nov 16, 2021 · at 13:52
Media theorist Douglas Rushkoff discusses the degradation of trust in mainstream journalism, citing misleading coverage of COVID-19 transmission by prominent news outlets.
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“So when I see a piece In the New York Times that, you know, the headline and the first few paragraphs are arguing that, oh, you know, when Israel opened up its schools, its elementary schools COVID rates went up. And then you finally read all the way down, and you go to the links and find the studies, and it's like, okay, when Israel opened its bars, its restaurants, its theaters, and its public schools, COVID rates went up. Like, because they're playing into the schools open, schools closed, schools masks, schools not. That's a bigger headline. It gets more clicks. But you've ended up, for whatever reason, whether it's your politics or your need to get clicks, you've misrepresented a story.”
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