{"id":31215,"date":"2020-11-16T11:20:20","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T17:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=31215"},"modified":"2020-11-16T11:20:20","modified_gmt":"2020-11-16T17:20:20","slug":"for-press-secretary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2020\/11\/16\/for-press-secretary\/","title":{"rendered":"For Press Secretary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I know I advocated for Pete Buttigieg for Press Secretary, but now I have a new favorite.<\/p>\n<p>Whoever runs the <em><strong>Steak-Umm<\/strong> <strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/em> account.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">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<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Steak-umm (@steak_umm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/steak_umm\/status\/1247343900475490304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And this just goes on and on.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s no surprise that I missed this back in April, as I am not a <strong><em>Twitter<\/em><\/strong> user. The account has won awards, and motivated Administration-snark tweets such as this:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When you get more responsible information from a frozen meat than from the President of the United States. <\/p>\n<p>Thank you, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/steak_umm?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@steak_umm<\/a>. For the yummy steak sandwiches and the info. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gq2lAYuC2Z\">https:\/\/t.co\/gq2lAYuC2Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Toots of Four Seasons \ud83e\udd32\ud83d\udebf\ud83d\ude37 (@TootsTheRed) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TootsTheRed\/status\/1248697187095044096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 10, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As this <em><strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/em> account is demonstrating a better track record than Spicer, MacEnany, and whoever-it-was between them (I honestly don&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;ll embarrass the crap out of them.<\/p>\n<p>(My thanks to Dr. David Gorski at <strong><em>Science-Based Medicine<\/em><\/strong> for his <a href=\"https:\/\/sciencebasedmedicine.org\/frozen-meat-vs-covid-19-misinformation-the-strange-case-of-steak-umm\/?utm_source=feedly&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=frozen-meat-vs-covid-19-misinformation-the-strange-case-of-steak-umm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">blog post<\/a> on the subject of the <em><strong>Steak-Umm Twitter<\/strong><\/em> account.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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