Philip Bump gaslights readers on what ‘lockdown’ means

Philip Bump had a story up at the Post yesterday titled “The sliding definition of ‘lockdown’ in U.S. politics.” I missed it yesterday but today I caught Pradheep Shanker’s reference to it on Twitter. Pradheep called it “fundamentally dishonest” and he’s absolutely right about that. In fact, the headline for the piece works pretty well as a description for the effort Bump himself is making to redefine “lockdown” more than it does as an analysis of recent history. Here’s Bump’s description of the early days of the pandemic in the US:Read More