Episode 159: Virus Spreads, Congress Stalls

The coronavirus continues to impact schools, workplaces, and communities across the US and the world. FEMA is now coordinating the federal material response. Administrator Peter Gaynor went on multiple shows — but didn’t have much to say, which hosts like Martha Raddatz and Jake Tapper very much noticed.  There was also significant conversation about the stimulus package that is waiting to be revived and voted on.

Chapters

• Introduction

• Highlight/Lowlight

• The Public Health Crisis

• The Economic Crisis

• Why It Matters: A Testing Approach

• Show Rankings

• Closing

Shows discussed 

• Face the Nation on CBS

• State of the Union on CNN

• Fox News Sunday on FOX

• This Week on ABC

• Meet the Press on NBC

Resources we discuss

• The article referenced in Why It Matters: https://twitter.com/alecmacgillis/status/1240279081293352964?s=21

• The article referenced by Naomi on the topic of Seattle: The New York TimesWeb resultsIn Seattle, It Started With Panic. Then the Deeper Anxiety Set In.

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