HEADLINE: Official Data Shows Face Masks “Made No Difference”, Says Oxford Professor
Yes, he actually said this, and yes he’s a real Oxford professor, and yes the data is real. The story still isn’t what you probably are starting to think it is.
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It’s a meme. It’s true… to an extent. But it’s also true, and rather more applicable, to observe that memes are not science.
Here’s how it works: If scientists are unable to question science, it’s not science. If you are not able to question science, it’s still science; you’re just having your freedom of speech infringed.
Because you’re not a scientist.
(more…)(Editor’s Note: This dates from July of 2017. Aside from the fact that Cillizza is no longer new at the job, it’s aged pretty well.)
The online version of CNN has a new dedicated contributor in Chris Cillizza. In case you don’t know him, he’s an extremely clever writer, experienced in the arena of political commentary and a regular commentator and panelist on news shows. He wrote for many years for the Washington Post blog The Fix, and he knows politics, elections, and how the media views them.
He contributes daily content to the CNN site, unique for having his name attached to the headline instead of the more traditional byline. Considering his content ranges from virulently anti-Trump to passionately anti-Trump all the way to reasonable and thoughtful anti-Trump (more…)
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