Media top headlines August 12
In media news today, female viewers turn off ‘Cuomo Prime Time’ in droves, MSNBC’s Joy Reid says DeSantis and Republicans are ‘killing children’ with COVID polices, and Brian Stelter gets roasted by critics after his interview with Stephen Colbert
Washington Post fact checker Glenn Kessler published a piece attacking Republicans on Thursday for criticizing a CDC study, despite acknowledging flaws in the CDC study.
Kessler promoted his fact check titled, “The GOP’s attack on the CDC’s mask reversal and a study from India.” The study in question was used as the source behind the Centers