Taylor Lorenz

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Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

As tech/disinfo reporters have stopped covering covid, it’s created a massive vacuum that has allowed for a tidal wave of really dangerous health disinformation/conspiracy theories to take hold (and receive amplification from the media) with zero institutional pushback — PolitiTweet.org

I don't bring this up much because I don't want to be a bummer, but I think the entire world is actually still curr… https://t.co/hAviqhJTcV

Posted March 10, 2023

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Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

This is also because the media (major outlets like NYT, Slate, etc) ran pieces parroting and amplifying this disinformation. Scientists, public health & aerosol experts, doctors, the medically vulnerable all have tried to correct the media for weeks and been ignored by reporters — PolitiTweet.org

I hear so many people out there saying "the masks did not work" now based on this one misrepresented study that con… https://t.co/8UUFE8OzdF

Posted March 10, 2023

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Taylor Lorenz @TaylorLorenz

Several health reporters have done an excellent job covering the powerful interest groups behind anti-mask & anti-public health disinfo campaigns, but it’s a huge loss that we don’t have ppl covering the way the media and tech platforms are being exploited to push this stuff — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 10, 2023