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by lostinquebec 1818 days ago
The articles gets things right as well. Cuomo's decisions were atrocious and clearly wrong without the need for hindsight. School closures in the US are odd, and varied to the point of following no science and in large part being politically driven. And the cost of lockdowns is fairly well known, and deserves critique.

The articles's tone is distinct and specific, and going to rub some people the wrong way, but tone shouldn't be confused with the correctness or incorrectness of an argument.

I'd say unfortunately, because tone is far too prevalent in online media, but the horse seems to have bolted on keeping the tone neutral, and I'd wager a strong tone likely leads to higher "engagement", so people have collectively decided with their actions how they feel about tone.