Daniel Dale

Daniel Dale @ddale8

37. The study says they began with 385 people diagnosed with river blindness, but found only 37 of them had sufficiently normal sperm counts to make them eligible for the ivermectin study. https://t.co/6rG09KoebZ — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

It's not a "new study," it's from 2011, and it's a study of 37 Nigerians with river blindness who took ivermectin for 11 months. I'm not saying ivermectin is good for Covid; I'm saying people should chill with the Dramatic Social Media Claims about it. https://t.co/itMtkdSrDO — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

@JimLaPorta Thanks for sharing that. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Here’s Biden’s public schedule for tomorrow. (Public schedules don’t include all of a president’s activities.) https://t.co/3802ZjAsXV — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

RT @Garrett_Archer: I don't even know what to say anymore... https://t.co/Ru4yYnGGLC — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Biden certainly talks about the stock market rising way less than Trump did, but he has talked about it - including five days ago, below. His go-to double move is a) talking about it while b) emphasizing he doesn't focus on it like Trump did. https://t.co/seQfqwExGf https://t.co/iDQGPaZj4V — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Here’s Biden’s public schedule for tomorrow. (Public schedules don’t include all of a president’s activities.) https://t.co/eDXRT59ro8 — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

The Friday clip was surfaced today by conservative media/conservatives on social media. Schumer's office said in a statement this afternoon: "He misspoke and he regrets the confusion his comments have caused." Full comment below: https://t.co/VCP3RUAlna — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer falsely claimed in a local NY news interview Friday that, from Afghanistan, "all" the Americans who "wanted to come out have come out, praise God." Some Americans are still there trying to get out. https://t.co/4JfKqTtauv — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

@SIChrisMannix @SInow Very well done. Nice work Chris. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Here's a breakdown of the viral Oklahoma-ivermectin mess, from 1) bad initial local story to 2) unquestioning national aggregation and tweets and then to 3) too-quick denunciations of the doctor whose comments had been poorly contextualized: https://t.co/kfkUN0AQMc — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Here’s Biden’s public schedule for today. (Public schedules don’t include all of a president’s activities.) https://t.co/GilnaQzDEH — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

@marklarflash @DrewHolden360 This is odd! Through the thread, I outline how the initial story was messed up in its content and in its reporting. I shall go to sleep now. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

@DrewHolden360 The leap from some critics was taking the one hospital's statement and immediately a) going after the doctor as a supposed fraud; b) treating it as case-closed proof ivermectin misuse has zero whatsoever to do with the crowding. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

@DrewHolden360 Certainly not! In the Tulsa World, the same doctor tells of a gun victim being forced to wait, but attributes it to general hospital congestion. Then KFOR, which RS aggregated without further diligence, baselessly suggested ivermectin was a key/the only cause of the crowding. 1/2 — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

If anybody thinks this is a defense of the initial article, that is odd. I explain how the obvious flaws in that article - at very least overhyping, possibly wrongly describing what the doctor said; failing to do due diligence - started the whole mess. https://t.co/kpU3Z1seWC — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Oh PS: Here's a helpful, much more thorough story from another OK outlet, the Tulsa World, on the hospital congestion situation there. The same doctor is one of several people quoted, talking about the same issues but not attributing them to ivermectin. https://t.co/YSgfbpkNLC — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

I’d say the major lesson for all parties here is that a comment from one person or entity is often insufficient to demonstrate that something is true or not true. Another lesson is to look for the initial source of stories that have gone viral via aggregation. That’s all for now! — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Anyway: I’d say that lots of people involved here - certainly the local outlet/the big aggregating outlets/the prominent tweeters on the left, but also some critics on the right - could’ve done a better job pursuing facts/waiting for facts before coming to conclusions. 7/ — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

I’ll note that the local outlet is standing by its story and released more footage from its interview with the doctor. Because it edited out the questions, though, it’s still not clear how much the doctor was attributing the congestion to ivermectin. 6/ https://t.co/2UGccxzKv0.. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

That hospital is only one of the ones this doctor is affiliated with, so its word was not actually definitive proof that the doctor was making the whole thing up. We now know at least one other hospital the doctor works with has indeed seen patients with ivermectin issues. 5/ — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

So: This was not great by anyone in the sharing chain. But then, some the people criticizing others for jumping to conclusions themselves jumped to conclusions based on a release from one OK hospital system that said it hadn’t seen any patients with ivermectin problems. 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Then national and international media outlets aggregated the initial, poorly framed local story without themselves doing due diligence to examine the extent to which ivermectin was contributing to the OK hospital congestion. And Maddow and others tweeted out the stories. 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

As far as I can tell so far, what happened is the doctor gave an interview to a local outlet in which he cited ivermectin use as one reason some hospitals are congested. The outlet then framed ivermectin use as the main cause of the congestion, which it obviously isn’t. 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Here’s a statement from a hospital that Oklahoma doctor is affiliated with, supporting his comments about ivermectin use contributing to hospital congestion in the state - though not suggesting, as viral stories did, that ivermectin is a main cause of the backup. (Thread!) https://t.co/1AJF719u5x — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

This feels like a Key & Peele sketch — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

@bellavance_r Could’ve won for sure, but I’m happy with an away point against the US on 28% possession. New era! — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Highly satisfying point #CanMNT — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

RT @robertanglen: BREAKING: Arizona Senate hired conspiracy theorist and anti-vaxxer "Dr. Shiva" Ayyadurai to conduct ballot reviews in ele… — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

RT @joesonka: Truly embarrassing stuff from an elected official in Kentucky's state Senate and a likely candidate for Kentucky's chief elec… — PolitiTweet.org