Saturday, June 27, 2020

GET ME REWRITE: The New York Times provides example of breathlessly lame, lazy coronavirus reporting


But the rise in cases is not limited to that area. Nationwide, health authorities registered 630 new infections on Thursday — hundreds more than the daily total just 10 days ago. The Robert Koch Institute, a federal government agency responsible for disease control, said the number of new cases increased by more than a quarter in much of the country over the past week, spreading rapidly in states that had experienced an outbreak.

Where's the perspective, Melissa?

Worldometer (arrows added below)





6/25/2020 NBC News edition starts here


OK, here we go.

Here's a United States graph provided by Worldometer


Brazil.


Based on what you see in the above two graphs, why the hell would you lump Germany together with the U.S. and Brazil?   There is no excuse for such a blunder.  All of this info is easily accessible.


And then there's this stat.



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