The U.S. was beset by denial and dysfunction as the coronavirus raged. (Washington Post, 4/4/2020)
The Trump administration received its first formal notification of the outbreak of the coronavirus in China on Jan. 3. Within days, U.S. spy agencies were signaling the seriousness of the threat to Trump by including a warning about the coronavirus — the first of many — in the President’s Daily Brief.
And yet, it took 70 days from that initial notification for Trump to treat the coronavirus not as a distant threat or harmless flu strain well under control, but as a lethal force that had outflanked America’s defenses and was poised to kill tens of thousands of citizens.
Original 4/2/2020 post starts here
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Related reading:
The Growth of Sinclair's Conservative Media Empire. (The New Yorker, 10/15/2018)
At the time, F.C.C. rules prohibited a company from owning two stations in the same market, but Smith found a work-around. Sinclair bought a television station in Pittsburgh, WPGH, even though Sinclair already owned its main rival, WPTT.
Links:
Trump Accuses Media and Democrats of Exaggerating Coronavirus Threat. (The New York Times, 2/28/2020)
Kushner Repeatedly Advised Trump the Media Was Exaggerating Coronavirus Threat, Says Report. (The Daily Beast, 3/17/2020)
Trump believes coronavirus will vanish with April temps — experts are skeptical warm weather alone is enough. (MarketWatch, 3/16/2020)
Trump says he wants the country 'opened up and just raring to go by Easter,' despite health experts' warnings. (CNN, 3/24/2020)
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