Headline RoundupMay 11th, 2020

White House Press Conference Ends in Trump-Media Spat

White House, Donald Trump, Media Industry, Public Health, Healthcare, Coronavirus

Summary from the AllSides News Team

A series of testy exchanges between President Donald Trump and reporters in the White House Rose Garden Monday afternoon led to the scheduled press conference ending early, as the president abruptly left the podium after taking issue with what he called "nasty" questions from media members. Reporting on the spat differed vastly from left to right. Coverage from many left- and center-rated outlets focused on the president's exchange with CBS News reporter Weijia Jiang, with some saying the president's behavior toward her reaffirmed his "open biases" toward Asian-American reporters. Some right-rated outlets painted the behavior of Jiang and other journalists at the press conference in a critical light, arguing that some of their questions were related more to political agendas and less to legitimate reporting.

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From the Left

Watch Trump’s Coronavirus Press Conference Meltdown

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New York Magazine

Analysis

It’s a stressful time to work in the White House, as a small outbreak leaves contact tracers unsure of how two West Wing staffers contracted the coronavirus. According to his performance at Monday’s COVID-19 press conference, the president is taking the workplace anxiety to heart — that, or his standard behavior toward female journalists and open biases toward Asian and Asian-American reporters were reaffirmed in the Rose Garden.

It began when CBS News White House correspondent Weijia Jiang, who is Chinese-American, asked Trump about why he appears to consider individual...

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From the Left

'Why are you saying that to me': Chinese American reporter calls Trump out on his anti-China remarks and suggests he's singling her out

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President Donald Trump and a CBS News White House correspondent had a tense exchange on Monday during a White House press conference at the Rose Garden.

Trump on Monday spoke in front of a large sign that said "AMERICA LEADS THE WORLD IN TESTING" and gave a glowing assessment of the country's efforts to test its citizens for the coronavirus.

"If people want to get tested, they get tested," Trump said.

The Trump administration regularly says the US leads other countries in the number of coronavirus tests administered. While the...

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From the Right

Trump, Journalists Shred Left-Wing CBS Reporter Weijia Jiang For Behavior During Press Conference

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President Donald Trump and numerous journalists slammed left-wing CBS News reporter Weijia Jiang on Monday over her behavior during the White House Coronavirus Task Force news conference.

First, Jiang falsely suggested that Trump delayed widespread testing to cover-up the extent of the coronavirus testing in the U.S. so he could reopen the economy.

The Washington Post and The New York Times had reported already that the delay in testing came from manufacturing errors at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) where the tests were accidentally contaminated and testing...

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