This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe White House turned the White House press corps into stage scenery on Friday, and may have violated its own in doing so.When reporters gathered in the Rose Garden for what they had been told by White House officials was a presidential news conference, they found several rows of chairs arrayed on the lawn. The seats were spaced far apart, in keeping with the public-health protocols that the White House has observed at indoor and outdoor press events since the coronavirus pandemic took hold in mid-March.Just before...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe White House turned the White House press corps into stage scenery on Friday, and may have violated its own in doing so.When reporters gathered in the Rose Garden for what they had been told by White House officials was a presidential news conference, they found several rows of chairs arrayed on the lawn. The seats were spaced far apart, in keeping with the public-health protocols that the White House has observed at indoor and outdoor press events since the coronavirus pandemic took hold in mid-March.Just before...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareDrug abuse? Sex parties? Jeffrey Epstein? The end of Daniel Snyder’s reign?Fans and foes of the Washington Redskins went wild on social media this week about a story that didn’t exist. Everyone seemed to know that there was a Washington Post story about the team — and everyone seemed to have thoughts about it. Except that until late Thursday afternoon, no such story had been published, and no one — outside of a few people in The Post’s newsroom — knew what it would say or when.Starting late Sunday, and peaking in the 24...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareDrug abuse? Sex parties? Jeffrey Epstein? The end of Daniel Snyder’s reign?Fans and foes of the Washington Redskins went wild on social media this week about a story that didn’t exist. Everyone seemed to know that there was a Washington Post story about the team — and everyone seemed to have thoughts about it. Except that until late Thursday afternoon, no such story had been published, and no one — outside of a few people in The Post’s newsroom — knew what it would say or when.Starting late Sunday, and peaking in the 24...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareVice President Pence’s office threatened to retaliate against a reporter who revealed that Pence’s office had told journalists they would need masks for Pence’s visit to the Mayo Clinic — a requirement Pence himself did not follow.Pence’s trip to the clinic Tuesday after he was — the only person in the room not wearing one. The Minnesota clinic requires visitors to wear masks as a precaution against spreading the coronavirus.Pence’s wife, Karen Pence, said on Thursday that he was unaware of the mask policy until his visit...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareVice President Pence’s office threatened to retaliate against a reporter who revealed that Pence’s office had told journalists they would need masks for Pence’s visit to the Mayo Clinic — a requirement Pence himself did not follow.Pence’s trip to the clinic Tuesday after he was — the only person in the room not wearing one. The Minnesota clinic requires visitors to wear masks as a precaution against spreading the coronavirus.Pence’s wife, Karen Pence, said on Thursday that he was unaware of the mask policy until his visit...WW…

Vice President Mike Pence's office has threatened to retaliate against a reporter who revealed that Pence's office had told journalists they would need masks for Pence's visit to the Mayo Clinic - a requirement Pence himself did not follow.Pence's trip to the clinic on Tuesday generated criticism after he was photographed without a surgical mask - the only person in the room not wearing one. The Minnesota clinic requires visitors to wear masks as a precaution against spreading the coronavirus.RELATED:Pence's wife, Karen Pence, said in an interview with Fox News on Thursday that he was...…Vice President Mike Pence's office has threatened to retaliate against a reporter who revealed that Pence's office had told journalists they would need masks for Pence's visit to the Mayo Clinic - a requirement Pence himself did not follow.Pence's trip to the clinic on Tuesday generated criticism after he was photographed without a surgical mask - the only person in the room not wearing one. The Minnesota clinic requires visitors to wear masks as a precaution against spreading the coronavirus.RELATED:Pence's wife, Karen Pence, said in an interview with Fox News on Thursday that he was...WW…

WASHINGTON - The White House press room turned out to be a more dangerous place than anyone realized. And the reporters who work there started getting nervous about it.The news Friday about an outbreak of coronavirus infections among White House employees - including Vice President Mike Pence's press secretary - has raised further concerns among journalists about working in the cramped confines of the West Wing's press briefing room.It also raised frustrations: Almost every reporter in the building began wearing masks last week as a precaution against spreading or catching the virus, even...…WASHINGTON - The White House press room turned out to be a more dangerous place than anyone realized. And the reporters who work there started getting nervous about it.The news Friday about an outbreak of coronavirus infections among White House employees - including Vice President Mike Pence's press secretary - has raised further concerns among journalists about working in the cramped confines of the West Wing's press briefing room.It also raised frustrations: Almost every reporter in the building began wearing masks last week as a precaution against spreading or catching the virus, even...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareDr. Phil about the coronavirus lockdown the other night on Fox News.“Look, the fact of the matter is we have people dying — 45,000 people a year die from automobile accidents, 480,000 from cigarettes,” the talk-show host said Thursday, “but we don’t shut the country down for that. But yet we’re doing it for this?”Social media with fury and derision as viewers pointed out the hopeless apples-to-orangeness of his argument: Cars and tobacco aren’t exactly communicable diseases; and both, in fact, have inspired extensive...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareDr. Phil about the coronavirus lockdown the other night on Fox News.“Look, the fact of the matter is we have people dying — 45,000 people a year die from automobile accidents, 480,000 from cigarettes,” the talk-show host said Thursday, “but we don’t shut the country down for that. But yet we’re doing it for this?”Social media with fury and derision as viewers pointed out the hopeless apples-to-orangeness of his argument: Cars and tobacco aren’t exactly communicable diseases; and both, in fact, have inspired extensive...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareAt the height of Fox News’s coverage of a would-be treatment for the novel coronavirus, the network’s medical correspondent, Marc Siegel, during Tucker Carlson’s show.Siegel said his 96-year-old father, suffering from symptoms of the virus and fearing he would die, made a full recovery thanks to the drug, hydroxychloroquine, and a course of antibiotics. “He got up the next day and was fine,” Siegel told an astonished Carlson.Siegel’s miraculous-recovery story was part of a near-campaign for hydroxychloroquine by Fox News...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareAt the height of Fox News’s coverage of a would-be treatment for the novel coronavirus, the network’s medical correspondent, Marc Siegel, during Tucker Carlson’s show.Siegel said his 96-year-old father, suffering from symptoms of the virus and fearing he would die, made a full recovery thanks to the drug, hydroxychloroquine, and a course of antibiotics. “He got up the next day and was fine,” Siegel told an astonished Carlson.Siegel’s miraculous-recovery story was part of a near-campaign for hydroxychloroquine by Fox News...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareA new research report from a leading journalism organization says President Trump’s attacks on the news media have endangered American democracy and imperiled press freedom in other countries.The report from the (CPJ) catalogues a lengthy list of Trump’s anti-press behaviors, from repeatedly tarring credible reporting with charges of “fake news,” to trying to bar reporters from the White House, to scrubbing or withholding information from government websites.Trump’s attacks on the news media have “dangerously undermined...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareA new research report from a leading journalism organization says President Trump’s attacks on the news media have endangered American democracy and imperiled press freedom in other countries.The report from the (CPJ) catalogues a lengthy list of Trump’s anti-press behaviors, from repeatedly tarring credible reporting with charges of “fake news,” to trying to bar reporters from the White House, to scrubbing or withholding information from government websites.Trump’s attacks on the news media have “dangerously undermined...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareFor weeks, some of Fox News’s most popular hosts downplayed the threat of the coronavirus, by media organizations and Democrats to undermine President Trump.Fox News personalities such as Sean Hannity and Laura In­graham accused the news media of whipping up “mass hysteria” and being “.” Fox Business host Trish Regan “yet another attempt to impeach the president.”But that was then.With Trump’s declaration on Friday that the virus constitutes , the tone on Fox News has quickly shifted.On his program on Friday, Hannity —...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareFor weeks, some of Fox News’s most popular hosts downplayed the threat of the coronavirus, by media organizations and Democrats to undermine President Trump.Fox News personalities such as Sean Hannity and Laura In­graham accused the news media of whipping up “mass hysteria” and being “.” Fox Business host Trish Regan “yet another attempt to impeach the president.”But that was then.With Trump’s declaration on Friday that the virus constitutes , the tone on Fox News has quickly shifted.On his program on Friday, Hannity —...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareFor black journalists, the civil unrest in cities across America isn’t just a big story. It’s personal.This was underscored for Branden Hunter in Detroit Saturday night. A rifle-toting police officer walked up to a group of reporters covering a chaotic night of demonstrations. As they all yelled “press” and held up their credentials, he made a beeline to one in particular.It was Hunter — one of the few black news reporters at the Detroit Free Press and the only one on that sidewalk — who drew the officer’s attention,...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareFor black journalists, the civil unrest in cities across America isn’t just a big story. It’s personal.This was underscored for Branden Hunter in Detroit Saturday night. A rifle-toting police officer walked up to a group of reporters covering a chaotic night of demonstrations. As they all yelled “press” and held up their credentials, he made a beeline to one in particular.It was Hunter — one of the few black news reporters at the Detroit Free Press and the only one on that sidewalk — who drew the officer’s attention,...WW…