Media reporter • lindsey.ellefson@thewrap.com • Twitter: @ellefs0n
Experience:
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Chris Cuomo Details Coronavirus Nightmare: Tight Chest, Fever Spikes, Pools of Sweat
“I’m not going to lose to this thing,” said anchor of why he continues to do his CNN show
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Stephanie Grisham Out as White House Press Secretary
Grisham, who never held a press briefing during her tenure, will return to working with first lady as her chief of staff
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Trump Lectures Fox News Reporter, Calls Her Question About Coronavirus Testing ‘So Horrid’ (Video)
Fox News’ Kristin Fisher had merely asked when hospitals could expect to receive quicker testing results
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Fox News Host Pleads With Governors: ‘Put in Place a Stay-at-Home Order’ (Video)
Steve Hilton specifically called on Iowa’s Kim Reynolds
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Trump Attacks NY Times and Washington Post for Advertising Being ‘Way Down’ — When It’s Down Everywhere
Trump blamed the papers’ coverage for low advertising numbers, but advertising is suffering everywhere as businesses close
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Joe Scarborough Questions Why Trump Held ‘Nothing’ Coronavirus Press Conference: ‘The Idiots Have Been Exposed’
The former GOP rep also let pro-Trump media “hacks” have it Monday morning
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Millions of People Get Coronavirus Updates From Fox News – This Lawsuit Says the Network Gave Them False Information
The lawsuit, filed in Washington by the Washington League for Increased Transparency and Ethics, asks a state court to bar the network from sharing false information about the pandemic
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Gizmodo and The Onion Parent Company G/O Media Lays off 14 Staffers
G/O, parent company of Gizmodo, Deadspin, The Onion and more, is the latest media company to have coronavirus-related layoffs
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Fox News’ Laura Ingraham: ‘Why Are You on TV Again?’
The two fought on Twitter Friday — and not for the first time
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CNN’s Brooke Baldwin Tests Positive for Coronavirus
“It came on suddenly yesterday afternoon. Chills, aches, fever,” the “CNN Newsroom” host says
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Fox News Execs Hope to Get Staff Back Into Offices by May, Internal Memo Says
“We will be targeting Monday, May 4th for a possible return to work,” CEO Suzanne Scott writes
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Fauci Tamps Down Hype About Coronavirus Drug Based on ‘Not Very Robust Study’
“I think we’ve got to be careful that we don’t make that majestic leap to assume that this is a knockout drug,” he says Friday on “Fox & Friends”
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74 Journalism Professors Sign Letter Calling Fox News’ Coronavirus Coverage a ‘Danger to Public Health’
The letter did single out some reporters’ “solid” reporting, notably Tucker Carlson
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Former CIA Director Scolds Trump for Calling Saudi Crown Prince ‘Friend’ Exactly 18 Months After Khashoggi Murder
“That you refer to him as a ‘friend’ is telling of your total lack of morality, ethics, & integrity,” John Brennan writes
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NowThis Launches ‘In This Together’ to Give Its Young Audience ‘Balance of Optimism’ and Facts (Exclusive)
Online show — produced and edited remotely — highlights people doing good during the coronavirus pandemic
