I know I advocated for Pete Buttigieg for Press Secretary, but now I have a new favorite.
Whoever runs the Steak-Umm Twitter account.
friendly reminder in times of uncertainty and misinformation: anecdotes are not data. (good) data is carefully measured and collected information based on a range of subject-dependent factors, including, but not limited to, controlled variables, meta-analysis, and randomization
— Steak-umm (@steak_umm) April 7, 2020
And this just goes on and on.
It’s no surprise that I missed this back in April, as I am not a Twitter user. The account has won awards, and motivated Administration-snark tweets such as this:
When you get more responsible information from a frozen meat than from the President of the United States.
Thank you, @steak_umm. For the yummy steak sandwiches and the info. https://t.co/gq2lAYuC2Z
— Toots of Four Seasons 🤲🚿😷 (@TootsTheRed) April 10, 2020
As this Twitter account is demonstrating a better track record than Spicer, MacEnany, and whoever-it-was between them (I honestly don’t care who that was, since they never held a press briefing!), it might be best to bring corporate Big Frozen Meat on board. They seem to be far closer to truth and reality than the Republicans.
And it’ll embarrass the crap out of them.
(My thanks to Dr. David Gorski at Science-Based Medicine for his blog post on the subject of the Steak-Umm Twitter account.)
