Media reporter • lindsey.ellefson@thewrap.com • Twitter: @ellefs0n
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Woodward Defends Sitting on Trump Coronavirus Tapes: US Already ‘Knew Very Clearly’ of Pandemic Danger
“Publishing something at that point would not have been telling people anything they didn’t know,” says journalist of Trump’s February admission coronavirus was deadly
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Joe Scarborough on Mask Mandate for Those Sitting Behind Trump at Rally: President Cares About Himself, ‘Not You’ (Video)
MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” examined how attendees behind Trump at his recent rally wore masks while those farther from him didn’t
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ViacomCBS to Sell CNET to Red Ventures for $500 Million
The acquisition of the tech site comes after weeks of talks
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Peter Thiel Dined With White Nationalist While Supporting Trump Campaign (Report)
A new report from Buzzfeed News says not only was Peter Thiel publicly enthusiastic about Trump’s run in 2016, but he met with a white nationalist leader at that time, too
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NY Times Columnist Paul Krugman Blasted for Tweeting There Was Little ‘Anti-Muslim Sentiment’ After 9/11
Twitter users shared personal experiences and FBI data to refute Krugman’s tweets about how Americans reacted “pretty calmly” to 9/11
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That Time Jon Stewart Made Everyone Cry Lauding 9/11 First Responders (Video)
Stewart appealed to Congress on behalf of 9/11 first responders last year, asking the lawmaking body to make a victim compensation fund permanent
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NY Times’ ‘The Daily’ Podcast Has Doubled Downloads Since Last Year to 4 Million
The New York Times’ podcast shared successes during Thursday’s IAB Podcast upfronts
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Jim Carrey Adds Trump Audio to Cartoon Skewering President’s Coronavirus Response
“It’s even more deadly than your most strenuous flu,” Trump can be heard saying in the clip that accompanies illustration
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Trump Bragged About Protecting Saudi Crown Prince After Khashoggi Murder, Woodward Reports
A new report from Business Insider says Trump told Woodward he “saved” Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
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Michael Cohen Launches ‘Mea Culpa’ Podcast About Trump’s ‘Personal Madness’
President Trump’s former attorney released a tell-all book this week, too
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Ann Curry Says She Still Hasn’t ‘Gotten a Good Answer’ About Her ‘Today’ Firing
The journalist spoke to Elle magazine for a Thursday profile and said, “I know I did nothing wrong”
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NY Times Theater Critic Ben Brantley to Step Down After 24 Years
“This pandemic pause in the great, energizing party that is the theater seemed to me like a good moment to slip out the door,” he says
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Megyn Kelly Launches New Podcast and Media Venture Free of ‘Corporate Overlords’
The former Fox News host shared the news of her new venture, Devil May Care Media, on Thursday
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That Time Trump Criticized Obama for ‘Attacking Bob Woodward’
There’s a Trump tweet for every occasion
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‘Morning Joe’: Trump Lied to You and Your Family About Coronavirus Threat (Video)
Joe Scarborough fumed Thursday over Bob Woodward’s reporting that Trump knowingly downplayed the coronavirus
