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Jul 22 2020
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More Than 280 WSJ Employees Pen Letter to Publisher Over Opinion Section
More than 280 Wall Street Journal employees signed a letter to the paper's publisher asking for harsher scrutiny and more fact-checking in the WSJ opinion section. The letter cited examples of misinformation in a piece by Vice President Mike Pence about the second COVID-19 coronavirus wave, and "an erroneous conclusion" in a column about systemic police racism from Heather Mac Donald. The
Mediaite The Hill Newsmax (News)Mar 26 2022
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Perspectives: China’s Zero-Covid Policy Questioned As Omicron Outbreak Spreads
As the U.S. and other leading nations are learning to live with the COVID-19 virus, many analysts are starting to question the effectiveness of China's zero-Covid policy.
After the first wave of COVID-19 swept over the city of Wuhan in early 2020, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) started enforcing a zero-COVID policy. The strategy included a number of restrictive measures including
National Review (News) CNN Digital Wall Street Journal (News)Mar 04 2021
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Harris Breaks Tie to Begin Senate Talks On COVID-19 Stimulus
On Thursday, Senate Democrats voted to begin debate surrounding the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 bill. The Senate voted 50-50 to advance the bill with Vice President Kamala Harris breaking the tie; no Republicans voted to take up the bill. This comes after a delay in approval from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), which would make sure the Senate's bill complied with reconciliation rules -- a
Associated Press Fact Check New York Post (News) The HillAug 01 2021
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Fauci Doesn't Expect Lockdowns Amid Delta Variant Outbreak
Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious diseases expert, said during an interview on ABC's "This Week" on Sunday that he doesn't "think we're going to see lockdowns" to prevent the spread of COVID-19 amid the spread of the Delta variant. While the health official believes that an adequate percentage of Americans have been vaccinated to avoid lockdowns, he warned that "things will get worse
Reuters Politico Daily PressAug 13 2020
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias by Omission: 5-Year-Old Cannon Hinnant Shot and Killed in His Front Yard
Numerous conservative commentators took to Twitter this week accusing the national press of media bias by omission when it comes to the death of Cannon Hinnant, a 5-year-old boy who was shot in the head by a man in North Carolina. The boy is white, the alleged killer is black.
Local news outlets reported that Darius Nathaniel Sessoms, 25, allegedly shot the 5-year-old at point blank
Julie MastrineFeb 01 2023
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US COVID-19 Emergency Declarations to End May 11
The Biden administration announced this week that COVID-19 emergency declarations will expire on May 11.
The Details: Former President Donald Trump enacted the COVID-19 national emergency and public health emergency in early 2020. Biden has extended the measures multiple times, which allow millions of Americans to get free COVID-19 treatments, tests, and vaccines. Those costs will be
CNN Digital Reuters New York Post (News)Aug 05 2020
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Trump Considering Giving Convention Speech From White House
President Trump said early Wednesday that he is considering delivering his GOP nomination acceptance speech from the White House later this month, saying it would be the least expensive for U.S. taxpayers.
Trump revealed last month that he was canceling GOP convention keynote events recently relocated to Jacksonville, Florida amid a surge of cases there. And last week, Trump said he
Newsmax (News) Reuters PoliticoJun 04 2024
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What Did Fauci’s House Testimony Reveal About Him?
Former NIAID director Anthony Fauci testified to a House subcommittee on Monday, leading to a range of reflections on his legacy, the origins of COVID-19, and U.S. response to the pandemic.
‘Committee to Confirm Our Conspiracy Theories’: The Washington Post’s (Lean Left bias) Dana Milbank accused Republicans of using committees to pursue baseless narratives, saying, “Republicans on the
Washington Post National Review (Opinion) The HillMar 02 2021
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Biden Says US Will Have Enough Vaccines for All Adults by End of May
President Joe Biden said Tuesday that the U.S. will have enough coronavirus vaccines for all adults by the end of May, two months sooner than his previous prediction. The revised estimate comes amid accelerated manufacturing efforts around Johnson & Johnson's newly approved single-shot vaccine, which Biden said rival pharmaceutical company Merck is helping produce under the Defense
New York Post (News) Al Jazeera AxiosJan 06 2022
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CDC Recommends Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters for Children 12 and Older
On Wednesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that is recommending Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine booster shots for children as young as 12 years old. Around 5 million adolescents would now be eligible. Roughly half of the 12-15 age group in the U.S. is fully vaccinated.
The recommendation comes after the FDA decided earlier this week to authorize booster
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