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  • What Is A Tank And When Is It Pedantic

    What Is A Tank And When Is It Pedantic

    An apartment isn’t a house, but if someone invites you over “to the house” for dinner, quibbling about names of building structures is needlessly pedantic. In most day-to-day contexts being a little imprecise with language is unproblematic. An SUV can be a “car”, a thumbtack can be a “small nail,” and so on. In most…

  • Did Negative Media Coverage of Covid19 Reduced Treatment Options?

    Did Negative Media Coverage of Covid19 Reduced Treatment Options?

    The other day, Jon Hardister a Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, Tweeted his summary of a working paper from November, 2020. That paper analyzed the tone used in U.S. media coverage of Covid19. The paper maybe of interest, but Hardister didn’t link to the paper, he just Tweeted the following:  “A study…