https://expertisebook.com/tags/media-coverage/ Recent content in Media Coverage on WEAPONIZATION OF EXPERTISE Hugo en-us Wed, 23 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://expertisebook.com/post/interview-bloomberg/ Wed, 23 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://expertisebook.com/post/interview-bloomberg/ <p>Faye Flam interviews Jacob Hale Russell in <em>Bloomberg</em>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Politicians who claim they&rsquo;re &ldquo;following the science&rdquo; on Covid-19 are starting to look disingenuous. Some are using it to stifle debate. <strong>&ldquo;I think it would be wonderful if &lsquo;follow the science&rsquo; meant we should bring science into the debate, but what it ended up meaning was &lsquo;Our policy is the right policy and there is no alternative,&rsquo;&rdquo; said Rutgers Law School associate professor Jacob Hale Russell</strong>, who has been studying the relationship between expertise and populism.</p>