Okay so when NY Mag announced their latest cover story, which is illustrated with a very spooky-looking vial spilling mysterious neon thingamajigs under the ominous headline The Lab Leak Hypothesis earlier this week, my first thought was hmm, I thought that was mostly not a thing?
Thanks for this — agreed that it's incredibly frustrating to see "just asking questions" nonsense at this level of journalism. Nsikan Akpan and Kelly Hills also had good threads challenging the piece: https://twitter.com/MoNscience/status/1346117198381797379?s=20
Ugh. This in no way deserved to be a cover story, even for New York mag, which has a long history of stirring things up. Plus, yeah, no real payoff. I want those minutes of my life BACK.
If only all the coverage on covid — the scare stories about kids, deranged speculation on long haul effects (your teeth might fall out!) got this level of scrutiny.
Just googled this man and yes, in photos he exudes exactly the kind of "Baseless"-ly Confident White Man Energy you'd expect
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-nicholson-baker-20120812-story.html
Thanks for this — agreed that it's incredibly frustrating to see "just asking questions" nonsense at this level of journalism. Nsikan Akpan and Kelly Hills also had good threads challenging the piece: https://twitter.com/MoNscience/status/1346117198381797379?s=20
https://twitter.com/rocza/status/1346134927029448704?s=20
YES! I appreciate you calling out this BS
Ugh. This in no way deserved to be a cover story, even for New York mag, which has a long history of stirring things up. Plus, yeah, no real payoff. I want those minutes of my life BACK.
If only all the coverage on covid — the scare stories about kids, deranged speculation on long haul effects (your teeth might fall out!) got this level of scrutiny.
This whole rant could have been a tweet.