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COVID Special: What the Media Got Wrong, and Right, with Dr. Anthony Fauci

2024/8/2
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Ben Smith 和 Nayeema Raza：媒体在疫情初期报道中存在混乱和错误，对自身错误的反思不足，导致公众信任度下降。他们认为媒体应该对自身在疫情报道中的失误进行更深入的反思，并承担相应的责任。 Anthony Fauci：疫情期间的政治化程度空前，公众对他的评价往往带有先有偏见，难以客观评价其在疫情中的表现。他认为社交媒体的出现加剧了信息混乱，导致公众难以辨别真伪。他强调自己始终保持开放心态，但同时批评那些缺乏证据就妄下结论的人。 Donald McNeil Jr：对H5N1禽流感病毒的关注不足，以及政府对牛奶供应安全的过度保证，可能存在风险。他认为大众更关注政治新闻，而对公共卫生问题的关注度较低，这与公共卫生事件的严重性不相符。 Ben Smith 和 Nayeema Raza：媒体在疫情初期报道中存在混乱和错误，对自身错误的反思不足，导致公众信任度下降。他们认为媒体应该对自身在疫情报道中的失误进行更深入的反思，并承担相应的责任。 Anthony Fauci：疫情期间的政治化程度空前，公众对他的评价往往带有先有偏见，难以客观评价其在疫情中的表现。他认为社交媒体的出现加剧了信息混乱，导致公众难以辨别真伪。他强调自己始终保持开放心态，但同时批评那些缺乏证据就妄下结论的人。 Donald McNeil Jr：对H5N1禽流感病毒的关注不足，以及政府对牛奶供应安全的过度保证，可能存在风险。他认为大众更关注政治新闻，而对公共卫生问题的关注度较低，这与公共卫生事件的严重性不相符。

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The podcast discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on media trust and the role of journalism during chaotic times, highlighting the challenges of reporting accurately in a rapidly evolving situation.

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COVID-19 feels like ancient history, but its effects linger — including what the pandemic did to citizens’ trust in media. Ben and Nayeema discuss the distrust that came out of the coronavirus pandemic and dig into the role that the media played. They talk to the man who became the center of media scrutiny during the peak of the crisis: Dr. Anthony Fauci, who recently came out with his memoir, On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service). Then for Blindspots, they check in with Donald McNeil Jr., the health and science reporter behind The Wisdom of Plagues)*, *whose voice became a fixture of The Daily during the pandemic. 

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