The OP's comment is, unfortunately, indicative. The OP reads it as negative, and the reality is negative, but his primary concern is about the assignment of blame. In particular, assuring that it does not fall on him, and trying to shift it anywhere else. Meantime, the person actually cited in the article is trying to get something done -- which starts by admitting the there is a thing that needs to be done.

Without another working clock, that's still not super useful, as you can't figure out when it's right.

I mean... the topic at hand in this subthread is the executive branch's ability to coordinate a single message, to tell the truth, and to ensure that public policy matches official pronouncements. And this has been a serious problem for the Trump administration since inauguration. The president will say things that are wrong, he'll mistate positions of others, he'll promise things that aren't borne out by policy, he'll contradict existing white house messaging, and the rest of the executive branch is constantly running around writing up explainers for how all of this is supposed to fit together.

And the media reported on that. But to you, maybe it just seemed like the president was speaking extemporaneously and that the media coverage was being excessively "nitpicky". What other people would call "lies" or "mistruths" seemed to you like just mistakes or irrelevancies. So to you, the media wasn't being fair.

Well, now the world is falling apart and the president's words matter. And the lies seem more like lies to most people. That's not because the media is treating them any different.

On Hacker News I expect a technical discussion and shared files how to build PCR kits at home to test for the virus. I want to see people sharing biohacks. Not this meaningless useless byllshit.