Worst Journalism Awards - Steve - 01-28-2022
COVID-19 vaxxed Olympic gold medalist dies at 51
… but media calls him “anti-vaxxer”
The Independent has put out an early (and strong) entry for “Worst Journalism of the Year” award, reporting yesterday the death of Hungarian gymnastics coach Szilveszter Csollany under the headline:
Anti-vax Olympic gold medalist Szilveszter Csollany dies of Covid, aged 51
The glaring issue with this headline becomes clear just three paragraphs into the article [our emphasis]:
While Csollany had, according to [Hungarian newspaper Blikk], expressed anti-vaccination views on social media, the six-time World Championship medallist had been vaccinated to allow him to continue to work as a gymnastics coach…
https://nexusnewsfeed.com/article/health-healing/covid-19-vaxxed-olympic-gold-medalist-dies-at-51/
https://vaccineimpact.com/2022/covid-19-vaxxed-olympic-gold-medalist-dies-at-51-but-media-calls-him-anti-vaxxer/
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