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Rethinking pandemic coverage, blaming the victim

By Becket Adams
Published January 14, 2022 4:00am ET
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Rethinking pandemic coverage, blaming the victim
Rethinking pandemic coverage The Associated Press revealed last week it has instructed its reporters to avoid emphasizing COVID-19 case counts in their coverage of the pandemic. It’s a smart choice by the global news wire, but what took it so long? Many of us have said since 2020 that case counts are an unreliable metric, […]

Rethinking pandemic coverage

The Associated Press revealed last week it has instructed its reporters to avoid emphasizing COVID-19 case counts in their coverage of the pandemic.

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