But why though President Donald Trump set his sights on Bubba Wallace Monday, calling on the NASCAR driver to apologize for last month’s noose controversy while also blasting the racing organization for banning Confederate flags. “That & Flag decision has caused lowest ratings EVER!” Trump tweeted. Daily Beast reporter Lachlan Markay points out that Saturday’s Xfinity race was actually the highest rated Xfinity race in three years. "Going full Klan" In fact, Trump was pummeled over the tweet. online. And also on air by Lindsey Graham... sort of. Kayleigh McEnany defended it though, and brought up Jussie Smollett. Then dodged it at the briefing. Where is Fauci In the past few weeks, many have taken notice of Dr. Anthony Fauci not making as many media appearances as he did in the first few weeks of the coronavirus pandemic. On Face the Nation Sunday, Margaret Brennan said in the past few months, they have attempted to book Fauci to talk about the pandemic but the Trump administration has blocked it at every turn. CNN’s Brian Stelter tore into the White House over this apparent effort to prevent members of their anti-coronavirus task force from engaging with the media. Capital Black FOX News Media will capitalize “Black” when it is used as an adjective to describe people, a community or culture, the company announced on Monday. The news comes after other outlets, following the AP Stylebook's lead, have made similar changes. "FOX News Media made the decision after consulting with its diversity team and researching the history of language, culture and customs," the company said. Interesting statistic "I think if you could clock the amount of time he’s spent actually in the Oval Office versus the amount of time he spends in the little dining room off the Oval Office with the cable news networks of one form or another on — it would be a very interesting statistic," said John Bolton on Sunday's Face the Nation. That would be interesting don't you think? Kanye Kanye West says he's running. Mark Cuban is here for it. In other daily briefing news Kayleigh McEnany ended Monday’s press briefing by raging at reporters for repeatedly asking about Trump's position on the Confederate Flag while failing to ask about violence in New York City. Bad News Scott Gottlieb, the former FDA commissioner who has regularly appeared on CBS’ Face the Nation during the coronavirus pandemic, again sounded the alarm bells Sunday about the virus spreading. Margaret Brennan asked Gottlieb where the U.S. is heading right now and he answered, “We’re right back where we were at the peak of the epidemic during the New York outbreak." And there was more... Overwhelmingly more, in fact Doctors in San Antonio’s Methodist Hospital have seen “an explosion of Covid,” they told CNN, especially in younger patients and mothers-to-be — and are beginning to run out of resources. 6.5.0 |