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Big news! He's probably the best science writer of our decade. Someone who actually does substantial, deep research, and covers all viewpoints.
by teling 3y ago
Big news! He's probably the best science writer of our decade. Someone who actually does substantial, deep research, and covers all viewpoints.
- takoid 3y agoI’m curious how you got the impression that Ed Yong “covers all viewpoints.” Going through the list of stories he wrote for Atlantic [1] seems to tell a different story, particularly in regards to his covering of the COVID pandemic. I’m not necessarily disagreeing with what he wrote, but to claim he “covers all viewpoints” seems disingenuous. [1]: https://www.theatlantic.com/author/ed-yong/ https://www.theatlantic.com/author/ed-yong/
- antoniojtorres 3y agoWhat are some viewpoints that you think he should have covered in order to justify the “covers all viewpoints” claim? Could you elaborate on why they would be important to cover?
- shrubble 3y ago[flagged]
- sunshinesnacks 3y agoThat sounds like a list topics that he hasn’t covered, or that he hasn’t provided updates on, rather viewpoints on a topic that he hasn’t covered. Unless he’s recently written on those topics and I’m missing some context.
- tptacek 3y agoI'm not especially a fan of Yong's COVID reporting (Zeynep Tufekci was my most reliable source), but this isn't a good criticism. COVID's origins are of less importance to The Atlantic's readership than the other COVID topics he wrote about, and the science is much less settled than the typical topic Yong writes about.
- bmitc 3y agoWhat is a paper mask?
- morelisp 3y ago> He hasn't written... that an estimated 15 to 20% or more of health care workers left their jobs https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/11/the-mass-exodus-of-americas-health-care-workers/620713/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/11/the-mass-... > rather than get the vaccine Even your own (non-medical) source doesn't go this far with its claim, concluding There is really no specific way to determine the exact number of nurses who left the profession due to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
- tiffanyg 3y agoA fair point - I'm not sure disingenuous, and, I have a sense of what the parent commenter means in informal language about "covers all viewpoints", but, really, doing so in any stricter sense is almost certainly impossible, even for far simpler stories / events than those he has tended to cover.
- justnotworthit 3y ago"all viewpoints" depends on how open your Overton window is, right?
- samstave 3y agoPretty sure he is going to monitize a long format podcast (and podcast tour) for great justice.