We get that Tropical Storm Hermine is in the news, but check out what The Daily Beast is doing for a few extra clicks:
Hurricanes w/ female names historically more 'deadly' b/c people take them less seriously: https://t.co/kqaoBXt0dm pic.twitter.com/0F0HN9I2f0
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) September 1, 2016
What this links to is a 2014 Washington Post piece titled, “Female-named hurricanes kill more than male hurricanes because people don’t respect them, study finds.”
This study was quickly debunked, also in 2014:
As @EricHolthaus explained, the study that this is based on is garbage. https://t.co/wkl6jkv2Si https://t.co/BilIUUr17K
— Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) September 1, 2016
#HowToStartAMetFight again. No idea why this nonsense is still making the rounds. https://t.co/NU7dIhZNgz
— Matt Lanza (@mattlanza) September 1, 2016
This is the dumbest shit I've read in a while https://t.co/SnMJHBLqRZ
— Brandon Scott (@Beymour) September 1, 2016
Oh ffs this story is really coming back again? Really? https://t.co/ryXEoAoRO9
— Brian Kahn (@blkahn) September 1, 2016
this has been fully debunked. So are you repeating this nonsense due to laziness or sexism?
— shaunmclean (@shaunmclean) September 1, 2016
Or both.
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