Sunday, March 15, 2020 – Reliable Sources – Shutdown 2020

March 17, 2020:

A timeline of Trump playing down the coronavirus threat

Reliable Sources, March 15, 2020:

Stelter: The great shutdown of 2020 is underway

“CNN’s Brian Stelter examines how changes due to the coronavirus pandemic are upending life around the globe, and how social distancing may help “flatten the curve” of the virus spread.”

Kayyem on covering an unprecedented ’50-state disaster’

“Juliette Kayyem says she’s “practicing what I preach” by “social distancing” and doing live TV interviews from home. To slow the spread of the pandemic, “we will need an unequivocal statement by the federal government to remain home… And we still haven’t gotten that,” she says. Oliver Darcy and Dr. James Hamblin also join.”

Hamblin says authorities need plans for housing sick people

“”We are starting to catch up on prevention,” Dr. James Hamblin says, but “I don’t think we have enough plans in place for what people should do when they are sick.” He adds: “Most people don’t have a second home” to retreat to, so the risk of spreading the coronavirus within families is high. Oliver Darcy and Juliette Kayyem also join.”

Glasser: Media must ‘hold public officials to account’

“It is the news media’s job to “hold public officials to account,” Susan Glasser says. When the president is “misrepresenting the truth about a deadly pandemic, it becomes more important than ever in our history that we do something about it — which is, our job is to write it down and tell the public what the facts are.””

Former U.S. Surgeon General on what to expect next

“Former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy identifies the most important priorities for the public in the weeks to come. “It saddens me to say this, but there will be more cases, and we will have more complications. While we can’t necessarily change that reality, what we can do is to try and ‘flatten the curve,'” he says.”

New HBO film highlights the human cost of ‘fake news’

“Brian Stelter, executive producer of “After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News,” shares a preview of the film and speaks with director Andrew Rossi about the real world consequences of disinformation. Rossi says the film shows that “information landscape is so broken.””

Podiums six feet apart at Sunday’s Democratic debate

“The podiums for the CNN/Univision Democratic debate with Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders are six feet apart, per CDC recommendations. The debate will take place at CNN’s DC bureau without a studio audience. Oliver Darcy says it’s important “to see national leaders taking the same precautions that they’re urging everyone else to.””

Stelter: Practice ‘social distancing,’ but stay social

“”We need to think three steps and three weeks ahead” of this pandemic, Brian Stelter says. “Physical distancing” from each other is crucial, but there are plenty of ways to stay social, thanks to the internet and new forms of technology. He says tech will enable people to “stay in touch, to connect, and see what we all have in common.””

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March 19, 2020