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CNBC gets BLASTED over 'dangerously misleading headline' on COVID-19 that they're refusing to change

Here we go again. . .

Before this goes viral, actual experts are saying this CNBC headline does not accurately reflect what the study says:

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From engineering professor Linsey Marr who just happens to have expertise with the airborne transmission of viruses:

Sure, but who would click on this boring headline, right?

And:

More from The Atlantic’s Zeynep Tufekci:

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She’s also quoting from experts on the subject:

And:

One major problem is that the media isn’t getting any better at its job:

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Yet, it’s been hours now and that tweet is still up:

CNBC, however, is refusing to correct it. From Dawn Kopecki, senior editor at CNBC:

Yeah, that’s not going over well:

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And she’s still digging!

CNBC, do better:

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