[burger]

I know burger won't bother to read this because, for him, the NYT is ABSOLUTE TRUTH [more so, probably, since they ran out that heretic, Bari Weiss] and the National Review isn't fit to line a birdcage.  Nevertheless, it seems to me that the column raises some legitimate questions about that still-evolving Texas COVID Party story:

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/di...an-legend/

Maybe it happened; maybe it didn't, but, in the end, does that really matter?  It helped further the preferred media narrative so, by definition, it was a legitimate story for the NYT to print.

Weird to be name-checked in a thread where my only comment was a tongue-in-cheek inside joke about the Central Valley. 

But since I'm here: the Times repeated a statement from a hospital official.  Then they corrected a possible error.  What else would you ask them to do?  And more importantly, who gives a *****?  If the take-home message that you should not go to covid parties spreads based on a rumor, is that a bad thing?  Is Texas, with a giant outbreak going on, being too cautious about covid so that the media should be encouraging more partygoing?  What's the point of your comment other than dunking on the NYT?  Congratulations, you found a possible mistake.  Now we can disbelieve everything the Times ever publishes!  Useless.

[burger]

I know burger won't bother to read this because, for him, the NYT is ABSOLUTE TRUTH [more so, probably, since they ran out that heretic, Bari Weiss] and the National Review isn't fit to line a birdcage.  Nevertheless, it seems to me that the column raises some legitimate questions about that still-evolving Texas COVID Party story:

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/di...an-legend/

Maybe it happened; maybe it didn't, but, in the end, does that really matter?  It helped further the preferred media narrative so, by definition, it was a legitimate story for the NYT to print.

Weird to be name-checked in a thread where my only comment was a tongue-in-cheek inside joke about the Central Valley. 

But since I'm here: the Times repeated a statement from a hospital official.  Then they corrected a possible error.  What else would you ask them to do?  And more importantly, who gives a *****?  If the take-home message that you should not go to covid parties spreads based on a rumor, is that a bad thing?  Is Texas, with a giant outbreak going on, being too cautious about covid so that the media should be encouraging more partygoing?  What's the point of your comment other than dunking on the NYT?  Congratulations, you found a possible mistake.  Now we can disbelieve everything the Times ever publishes!  Useless.