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Dr. Anthony Fauci: Very Painful to Share a Podium with Donald Trump

Fauci told CNN’s Chris Wallace that former President Donald Trump’s staff “declared war” at the height of the pandemic when information was changing by the second.

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1 month ago

April 7, 2022

Ryan Hedrick

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Dr. Anthony Fauci told CNN’s Chris Wallace that former President Donald Trump’s staff “declared war” on him during a tumultuous period at the height of the pandemic when information was changing by the second.

Fauci appeared on Wallace’s show which is streamed on CNN +. The transcripts were obtained by The Hill. The embattled doctor has come under tremendous criticism in recent months by Republican lawmakers who are demanding answers to some of Fauci’s suggested pandemic mandates.

“My position in the White House became extremely uncomfortable and, in fact, untenable, because I kept on telling the truth,” Fauci said.

In December, Wallace left his longtime position at Fox News to host a show on startup CNN+. Several months later, he criticized the culture at the network calling it “unsustainable.”

"I'm really disappointed… When you're dealing with a global pandemic, you have to have a global response," Dr. Anthony Fauci talks to Chris Wallace about the lack of global COVID aid in the bipartisan compromise on Capitol Hill on #CNNPlus. pic.twitter.com/iwf1z0JjRJ
— CNN+ (@CNNplus) April 5, 2022

You can trace Fauci’s disdain for the Republican party directly back to Trump. Fauci served under several Republican presidents including Ronald Regan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush.

“How tough was that, dealing with and sharing a podium with a president who … was dispensing misinformation?” Wallace asked Fauci.

“Yes, it was very painful,” Fauci answered. “And that’s the reason why I had to do something that I know alienated a lot of the Trump people, in fact, maybe all of the Trump people.”

Ryan Hedrick

Ryan Hedrick serves as the Co-Host of the Morning News Express at WFMD. He started in radio at 17 years old, doing sports and news for his high school radio station. He then spent several years at WFMD in Frederick, MD before joining WBEN in Buffalo, NY. In 2016, while working at WIBW-AM in Topeka KS, Hedrick earned the Kansas Association of Broadcasters (KAB) award for Major Market enterprise reporting. Hedrick grew up in Southern California where he attended Cal State University of Northridge. He can be found on Twitter @SureToCover.

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Elon Musk Would Lift Twitter’s “Morally Wrong” Ban on Donald Trump

Musk stated at the Financial Times’ Future of the Car event that he would change “the morally wrong and flat-out stupid” decision by Twitter to ban Trump

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10 hours ago

May 10, 2022

Eduardo Razo

When Elon Musk decided to begin the process of purchasing Twitter, one of the marquee questions surrounding the takeover is whether or not he would lift the ban on former President Donald Trump.

Musk stated on Tuesday while speaking at the Financial Times’ Future of the Car event that he would change “the morally wrong and flat-out stupid” decision by Twitter to ban Trump, per Reuters.

“I think it was a morally bad decision to be clear and foolish in the extreme,” Musk said. “I do think it was not correct to ban Donald trump I think that was a mistake … It alienated a large part of the country and did not ultimately result in Donald Trump not having a voice.”

Twitter banned the former President in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol to prevent “the risk of further incitement of violence.” However, even if the social media giant lifts its ban on Trump, he might not return as he’s keen on growing his platform TRUTH Social.

“I am not going on Twitter; I am going to stay on TRUTH,” Trump said. “I hope Elon buys Twitter because he’ll make improvements to it, and he is a good man, but I am going to be staying on TRUTH.”

Eduardo Razo

Eduardo Razo is the Assistant Content Editor for BNM, which includes writing daily news stories on the news media industry. He can be found on Twitter @eddierazo_ or you can reach him by email at eddie1991razo@gmail.com.

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Washington Post Wins Pulitzer Prize for Its Jan. 6th Coverage

The prize, viewed as American journalism’s highest award, acknowledges the work of more than 100 journalists throughout The Post’s newsroom.

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18 hours ago

May 10, 2022

Eduardo Razo

There was plenty of news coverage regarding the January 6th insurrection when many supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to overturn the 2020 Election.

However, The Washington Post received the highest award for its coverage last year as the newspaper announced that it had won the Pulitzer Prize.

The prize, viewed as American journalism’s highest award, acknowledges the work of more than 100 journalists throughout The Post’s newsroom.

“This was a seminal event in American history and democracy,” Post Executive Editor Sally Buzbee said. “I’m enormously pleased and very honored that the whole breadth and sweep of the Post coverage is what was recognized.”

Furthermore, Marty Baron, the Post’s legendary executive editor who retired in February 2021, celebrated the award and expressed that The Post’s work covering January 6th reflects “journalistic teamwork at its finest.”

“The skills of every department were deployed. And I couldn’t be more gratified that it is now being recognized with journalism’s highest honor,” Baron added to the statement announcing the award.

“It was a privilege to be part of such a remarkable newsroom, which rightly hasn’t let up in its investigation of who and what brought the United States to such a precarious point in its history.”

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“Meet the Press” Goes Daily as NBC News Now Content Grows

The new lineup will include “Meet the Press NOW,” anchored by Chuck Todd, streaming at 4 p.m. ET Monday through Friday beginning Monday, June 6.

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2 days ago

May 9, 2022

Eduardo Razo

To further grow the NBC News NOW platform, the company plans to add new anchors and original shows to its programming lineup. The company announced that “Meet the Press” is going daily in a press release.

The new lineup will include “Meet the Press NOW,” anchored by Chuck Todd, streaming at 4 p.m. ET Monday through Friday beginning Monday, June 6.

“NBC News is the leader in streaming news,” NBC News President Noah Oppenheim said. “Since our launch, we’ve been committed to delivering the best of NBC News’ journalism, free, to streaming audiences everywhere.”

“Chuck was one of the first broadcast anchors to see the massive potential of streaming, and bringing Meet the Press’s daily franchise to NBC News NOW reinforces the platform’s status as the destination for news on streaming.”

Furthermore, the “Meet the Press” daily show isn’t the only addition to the streaming service. NBC News senior investigative and consumer correspondent Vicky Nguyen will join NBC News NOW anchor.

Along with Nguyen, NBC News correspondent Morgan Radford will be the co-host of “NBC News NOW Live” from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on NBC News NOW.

Finally, NBC News NOW anchor and NBC News correspondent Aaron Gilchrist is going to serve as an anchoring “NBC News NOW Live” from 2 to 4 p.m., and MSNBC Senior National Correspondent Chris Jansing will start anchoring “MSNBC Reports” at 1 p.m. on May 26.