Dan’s COVID Charts

Press and media mentions

The charts have gained some notable media attention. I've started keeping track of some of them. Did I miss any? Let me know!

• Yahoo Finance - October 17, 2020
  The article in Yahoo finance about the coronavirus surge shows a screen grab of the partisan chart from October 16. It's probably generated more traffic to the charts than the rest of the non-social-media traffic combined. The story was also picked up by MSN.
• Arizona's Family - October 13, 2020
  Arizona's Family is a Phoenix-area broadcast news show that did a feature on the charts and what it meant for the state of Arizona. Complete with their own special effects, and asking the state government for comment.
• Political Gabfest podcast- October 16, 2020
  One of the biggest political podcasts in the world, host David Plotz recommended the charts in the picks of the week section. You have to skip to 1h10m30s to hear the bit.
• Daily Kos - October 28, 2020
  Political blog Daily Kos had a small review of the partisan chart.
• Daily Gazette - October 26, 2020
  Schenectady's Daily Gazette (also my employer), ran a front-page story about the charts.
• WKYC and WBNS - October 14, 2020
  Sister stations WKYC in Cleveland and WBNS in Columbus ran the same article investigating the validity of the charts. Also King 5 in Seattle, WA and Fox 61 in Hartford, CT.
• The Guardian - October 13, 2020
  The Guardian had a one-paragraph write-up recommending the chart.
• The Humanist Report - October 15, 2020
  The YouTube channel The Humanist Report did an episode about the partisan chart.
• Journalism Institute - October 20, 2020
  The Journalism Institute did a little Q&A with me about the charts.
• Now This News - October 20, 2020
  Online news site Now This did a piece on the charts.
• iDNES.cz - November 2, 2020
  Czech news site iDNES.cz put out a piece with video that focused heavily on the charts. No idea what they're saying, though.
• Sergey Karelov - November 3, 2020
  Russian blogger Sergey Karelov also wrote about the charts, confirming that it indeed went worldwide. It's always fun to see my name in a different language- Дэном Гудспидом!
• Dispatches from the New Enlightenment - October 19, 2020
  The blog entry goes through each of the top states on the chart and looks at their mask policies.
• Scientific American - October 23, 2020
  The charts garnered a mention and paragraph write-up in Scientific American's weekly Coronavirus News Roundup.

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For whatever it's worth, the chart discussions have brought me back to Twitter after a 12-year hiatus. Video screen grabs of the partisan chart have collected more than 10 million views. I've seen a few notable mentions and retweets and the like that seemed fitting for this page.

• Tony Clark - October 12, 2020
  There are a lot of screen grabs of the chart being shared around, but this guy's alone is over 9 million views.
• Taylor Lorenz - October 12, 2020
  NY Times reporter Taylor Lorenz retweeted the screen grab and got more than 30,000 retweets.
• Patton Oswalt - October 13, 2020
  Actor/comedian Patton Oswalt gave the screen grab a retweet.
• Andy Roddick - October 13, 2020
  Tennis player Andy Roddick gave the screen grab a retweet.
• Major Ray - October 15, 2020
  This guy added a dancing Donald Trump to the screen grab.
• Steven Pinker - November 1, 2020
  Harvard scientist/author Steven Pinker linked to the partisan chart.
• Jason Calacanis - January 4, 2022
  Internet entrepreneur shared a screen grab and a link to the partisan deaths chart.