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“Just listened to the “Our Strange New Era of Space Travel” episode, featuring Marina Koren, the Atlantic’s reporter assigned to the “space beat.” In the episode, this space beat reporter admitted without shame that she doesn’t really even understand how human flight is possible, as part of her explanation that no, if the opportunity arose, she would not travel to space. Would you hire a medical correspondent who doesn’t understand the basics of biology? How about a war correspondent who prefers not to leave the relative safety of Stamford, Connecticut?
Koren also admitted in the episode, again without shame, that she had never seen an episode of “Star Trek.” This might be inconsequential for a reporter in general, but it’s unprofessionally poor preparation for a “space beat” reporter who is interviewing William Shatner about his experience traveling to space on a suborbital Blue Origin space flight.
The Atlantic has a reputation for serious journalism and writing, but this podcast episode doesn’t support that reputation. There is no excuse for assigning a reporter who is not only willfully ignorant of the subject matter, but dismissively incurious as well.”
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