Right wing media’s coronavirus coverage
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President Donald Trump takes questions during press briefing with the coronavirus task force, at the White House, Thursday, March 19, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
We talk about how different right-wing media outlets have been covering the pandemic, the effect it’s having on their viewers, and the shocking conspiratorial question that a reporter from OAN asked at yesterday’s White House press briefing. Daily Beast reporter WILL SOMMER joins us.
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