Reports that Trump Officials Meddled with Coronavirus Data
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We ran the numbers: There are 1050 news articles covering this topic. 38% (397) are left leaning, 47% (499) are center, and 15% (154) are right leaning.
According to a report from Politico on Saturday, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) has increasingly agreed to allow politically appointed officials to review reports about the coronavirus by the CDC, and in a few cases, alter the wording in the documents. While left-leaning articles highlight that Trump’s team has constantly meddled in health officials’ coronavirus work, right-leaning articles highlight that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said no to the Republican’s trillion-dollar virus aid package.
A left-leaning article by The Washington Post highlights that the Trump team has constantly meddled in health officials’ coronavirus work, including fending off revelations via Washington Post associate editor Bob Woodward that President Trump said early in the coronavirus outbreak that he understood the true threat and downplayed it. Trump has also applied pressure to approve emergency treatments, including convalescent plasma and hydroxychloroquine.
A centrist article by The Hill reports that scientists and physicians are expressing frustration and outrage following these reports that top politically appointed Trump administration officials have demanded the right to edit and change weekly CDC scientific reports about the coronavirus pandemic. William Schaffner, a member of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report’s editorial board, told USA Today he was “aghast” and “appalled” by the reported attempts to meddle with the reports.
A right-leaning article by Fox Business highlights that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said no to the Republican’s trillion-dollar virus aid package. The article claims that Democrats, who are supposedly the party of the “working people,” have rejected more government help for working people.
From the left
How the Trump team has meddled in health officials’ coronavirus work
The Washington Post
From the right
Varney: Democrats show they are the party of elites by rejecting coronavirus relief bill
Fox News