Thanks for your op-ed. I’m wondering, though, how close to responsible journalism you’d like to come with your writing? I appreciate your thoughts, but with lines like “supposedly 60 people died,” it makes me wonder about the foundation of your facts in general. If it’s reported this was the death toll, one could write “which caused a reported 60 deaths.” If you mean to cast doubt on the number, I’d say that was another essay on an entirely different topic, and that stating your position thusly weakens your main point. Lastly, the line implies that nothing can be trusted and that that somehow shores up the city’s stupid woke policy nonsense. Truth is, there are facts you can trust, and arguing the case from that perspective makes your points untrustworthy, ironically. What is the essay about, really? Focus on that.
Duly noted. I try to avoid snark, but it sometimes gets the better of me. It's provoked by the over-supply of death tolls and case counts and government/media stats that never seem to bear close observation.
But, thanks for reading...and I'll give your thoughts some of my own.
Thanks for your op-ed. I’m wondering, though, how close to responsible journalism you’d like to come with your writing? I appreciate your thoughts, but with lines like “supposedly 60 people died,” it makes me wonder about the foundation of your facts in general. If it’s reported this was the death toll, one could write “which caused a reported 60 deaths.” If you mean to cast doubt on the number, I’d say that was another essay on an entirely different topic, and that stating your position thusly weakens your main point. Lastly, the line implies that nothing can be trusted and that that somehow shores up the city’s stupid woke policy nonsense. Truth is, there are facts you can trust, and arguing the case from that perspective makes your points untrustworthy, ironically. What is the essay about, really? Focus on that.
Thanks for this site. Very much needed.
Duly noted. I try to avoid snark, but it sometimes gets the better of me. It's provoked by the over-supply of death tolls and case counts and government/media stats that never seem to bear close observation.
But, thanks for reading...and I'll give your thoughts some of my own.