Posted on 05/12/2020 10:01:15 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
The New York Times said Tuesday that one of its top health and science reporters went "too far" after calling for the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to resign over the agency's handling of the coronavirus outbreak.
In an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour, journalist Donald G. McNeil Jr. said that the United States' early failures to develop a coronavirus test stemmed directly from what he called incompetence at the top of the CDC. He said that the U.S. "completely blew" the first two months of its response, specifically laying blame on CDC Director Robert Redfield.
"We had a test on March 5 and it didn’t work, we didn’t have 10,000 people tested until March 15. So we lost two months there. And that was because of incompetent leadership at the CDC," McNeil said. "I’m sorry to say, it’s a great agency but its incompetently led and I think Dr. Redfield should resign."
McNeil in the interview also criticized the decision to tap Vice President Pence to oversee the White House coronavirus task force, referring to him as a "sycophant."
A Times spokesperson said in a statement to The Hill that McNeil "went too far in expressing his personal views" during the interview.
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Babylon Bee?
I am glad they caught that. I don't want personal views creeping into things. That's why I only read the New York Times. It is completely free of personal opinion and bias.
Yeah, right along with my favs—CNN and MSNBC.
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So what's the dealyo with 'journalists' interviewing other 'journalists'? I remember a time when journalists would interview persons of interest or expertise, their words and thoughts being the story.
Why are a so-called 'journalist's' words and thoughts a story? I, for one, don't personally give a f-word about what they think. Why would anybody?
#FUFN
Redfield should resign?
I'm okay with that.
And he should take the NIAID magoo dwarf with him.
A real medical authority, this Mr. McNeil.
Where are we headed?
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NyvVfQNfXtZDP0ZgVYw6Mw5X_B6pdK-gXFyd9g1zJgA/mobilebasic
What disease has the CDC ever controlled or prevented?
Most of the knuckleheads in the “media” are going “too far” these days. Their hatred of America and Americans is very strong.
As I recall the CDC at the beginning of the year was an antiquated institution where all testing had to be one by one lab - CDC’s. Their stockpile of needed equipment was depleted and had been for a long time and staffed by scientists interested in name enhancing projects, not national.
The entire operation had to be re-invented after the pandemic was recognized. It is quite remarkable. And the major thanks goes to POTUS for ordering it to happen and removing restricting regulations so as to fast-track the changes.
Have they noticed their other reporting from the last several decades?
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