| Another CNN star diagnosed with coronavirus
CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin announced on Friday that she tested positive for the coronavirus.
Baldwin announced her diagnosis on Instagram, in a post which read, “I am OKAY. It came on suddenly yesterday afternoon. Chills, aches, fever. I’ve been social distancing. Doing ALL the things we’re being told to do. Still — it got me.”
Baldwin's diagnosis comes days after CNN prime time host Chris Cuomo tested positive. Mediaite wishes them both a speedy recovery.
Worse than the great depression Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) made an alarming claim in support of his argument for further economic stimulus in an interview on CNN Friday:
"We cannot wait and see. What we are looking at is a loss of jobs that is unprecedented in the United States of America. Never happened before. This is worse than the Great Depression.”
Sanders said the stimulus passed by Congress was "not enough" to save the U.S. from economic disaster, and pushed for a bill that would emulate what is being implemented in the U.K. and Australia — two countries that are paying part of the salaries of workers laid off by coronavirus. Not just Bernie
The democratic socialist from Vermont is not the only one throwing around the "D" word. Fox Business host Stuart Varney dropped it in an interview with White House chief economic advisor Larry Kudlow.
“Is it a depression, Larry?” Varney asked. “I’ve got Morgan Stanley coming out saying the second quarter we contract 38 percent, okay, on an annual basis, but that’s an extraordinary contraction. That is a depression.”
Kudlow touted measures being taken to prevent a depression, and said the downturn will prove to be "temporary."
Out of the Fox Hole Fox News executives have a date in mind for when they want staff to return to HQ: May 4.
In an internal memo, Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott thanked staff for their efforts during the "escalating pandemic." The network's on-air talent has been broadcasting from their makeshift home studios -- some more impressive than others -- like every other network keeping the news on the air during this crisis.
Scott also wrote in the memo that "we will be targeting Monday, May 4th for a possible return to work and we will update everyone on that over the next few weeks."
A source at Fox stressed to Mediaite that the return date is very tentative, given the fluidity of the crisis. So stay tuned...
A matter of public opinion Trump has enjoyed some of the best approval numbers of his presidency during the coronavirus pandemic. A widely reported Gallup poll out last week found 60 percent approved of his response to the crisis.
A set of new polls paint a less rosy picture for the president. According to an ABC News/Ipsos poll released Friday, 47 percent of Americans approve of Trump’s coronavirus response, while 52 percent of Americans disapprove — a steep drop from the same poll taken just two weeks ago when a whopping 55 percent approved of Trump’s response.
And in Trump’s favorite survey, Rasmussen, his rating has dropped four points in a matter of days. He began this week with a -5 point net un-favorability, and finishes it nine points underwater with 44 percent approving and 53 percent disapproving. Media industry crisis
While much attention has been paid to the fate of the restaurant industry in the time of coronavirus, media isn't doing too hot either.
On the heels of outlets like BuzzFeed and Vice implementing pay cuts for staff, another casualty of the downturn in ad revenue came Friday: The Outline, a well-designed and witty culture website, shuttered. All staff was laid off, with many finding out through Twitter.
Shortly afterwards G/O Media — which owns ex-Gawker sites like Gizmodo, Deadspin and Jezebel — announced to staff it was laying off 14 employees. The move was deemed a "small" restructuring.
On the hospitality side of things, The Wing, a women's social club and workspace, announced it was laying off all hourly staff and half its corporate office. Vice reported the club said it lost 95% of its revenue overnight. | 
