Media reporter • lindsey.ellefson@thewrap.com • Twitter: @ellefs0n
Experience:
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Trump Falsely Suggests He’s Won the Nobel Peace Prize – With the Wrong Medal
Trump has not won a Nobel Prize in any category, despite what a new video edit would lead viewers to believe
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500-Plus Journalists Have Died of COVID-19
The data comes from the Press Emblem Campaign’s collection of obituaries through the pandemic crisis
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Rasmussen Invokes Stalin to Suggest Pence Toss Electoral Votes From Swing States
“Trump’s favorite pollster goes tankie,” said one Twitter user about the surprising quote
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Walter Reed Doctor Ousted for Criticizing Trump’s ‘Unnecessary’ Drive-By: ‘I Regret Nothing’
A doctor who spoke out against the president’s mid-hospitalization car outing says he doesn’t take it back
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Chinese Citizen Journalist Sentenced to 4 Years for Coronavirus Reporting
Zhang Zhan reported from Wuhan in early 2020 about the dire conditions as the pandemic swept the city
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Murdoch’s NY Post Calls Out Trump’s ‘Shameful’ Refusal to Concede: ‘Give It Up’
“You’re cheering for an undemocratic coup,” chastises the paper
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President-Elect Biden’s Dogs Wish Americans Merry Christmas (Video)
Champ and Major delivered warm greetings “no matter how you celebrate” Thursday
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Carey Mulligan Calls Out Variety Review That Said She ‘Wasn’t Hot Enough’ for Role
“Why does every woman who’s ever onscreen have to look like a supermodel?” asks actress
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Village Voice to Be Revived as Digital Site Next Month by LA Weekly Owner
The paper will resume in its digital format in January 2021 with plans for a quarterly print edition
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Animal Activist Has No ‘Guilty Conscience’ for Hoaxing Fox Business’ Bartiromo (Exclusive)
Matt Johnson of Direct Action Everywhere says several shows turned down his activist group’s pitches before he landed on Fox Business pretending to be a food processing CEO
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Fox Business’ Maria Bartiromo ‘Punked’ on Air by Animal Activist Posing as Pork Producer CEO (Video)
The host issued a correction and apology at the end of her show
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‘Morning Joe’: Trump’s ‘Crazy’ Stimulus Video ‘Undermines’ Relief Effort (Video)
Even Trump’s own aides were surprised by the president’s suggestion he might not approve bipartisan relief bill
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CNN’s Chris Cuomo Slams Trump for Holding Stimulus Money ‘Hostage’ (Video)
Cuomo’s colleague Michael Smerconish disagreed, calling Trump’s stimulus holdup politically “effective”
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Yes, Biden Will Start With 0 Twitter Followers on @POTUS – But There’s a Catch
Followers of @POTUS and @WhiteHouse will be asked if they want to continue following the presidential accounts when the transition happens
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Former Rep Katie Hill Sues Daily Mail, Ex-Husband Over ‘Nonconsensual Porn’
Hill left her job in Congress in 2019 under a cloud of ethics investigations
