Biden Says Challenge of Reopening Schools is a 'National Emergency'
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We ran the numbers: There are 3132 news articles covering this topic. 21% (666) are left leaning, 60% (1860) are center, and 19% (606) are right leaning.
On Wednesday, Biden called the challenge of reopening America’s schools a “national emergency.” While left-leaning articles highlight that Biden spotlighted President Trump’s poor handling of the pandemic, right-leaning articles highlight that schools are paying the price for Trump’s failures.
A left-leaning article by The New York Times highlights that Biden spotlighted President Trump’s handling of the pandemic, claiming that if the president and his administration “had done their jobs early on with this crisis, America’s schools would be open.” The article also notes that Bien and his wife will travel to Kenosha, Wisconsin on Thursday, where they will meet with the father of Jacob Blake, a Black man shot by a white police officer on August 23rd.
A centrist article by USA Today highlights that Biden said school superintendents estimate they will need $200 billion to cover extra costs to protect health during the school year and Trump “still does not have a real plan for how to open our schools safely.” Biden’s speech followed a video briefing with six health and education officials, including Sylvia Burwell, former secretary of Health and Human Services.
A right-leaning article by Fox News highlights that Biden blamed Trump for the struggles by schools across the country to reopen amid the pandemic. The article notes that Trump reelection campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh fired back, noting that “what we didn’t hear was Joe Biden demand that Nancy Pelosi pass the $105 billion the president has requested to help schools reopened safely.”