The Washington Post, Politico and other news outlets are asking the journalists who reported on this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) to self-quarantine after news emerged of at least one CPAC attendee who tested positive for COVID-19.
Per internal memos obtained by the Washingtonian, higher-ups at the Post, Politico, Mother Jones and the Daily Beast all requested on Monday that those reporters who covered the four-day conference a little over a week ago work from home.
The Post and Politico’s memos both state that the outlets had made the decisions “out of an abundance of caution.”
“Self-quarantine of well individuals who may have been exposed is simply a precautionary measure that helps mitigate spread of the virus and is a step that we will continue moving forward,” the Politico memo said.
The memos were sent out after Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Rep. Paul Gozar (R-AZ) announced they were self-quarantining after having shaken hands with an individual at CPAC who was later found to have the coronavirus.
On Saturday, CPAC chair Matt Schlapp disclosed to the Washington Post that he had also made contact with the infected person at the conference but that he himself has not experienced symptoms. The Post noted that on the last day of CPAC, Schlapp had shaken President Donald Trump’s hand.
Whoever thought the CPAC hive of scum and villainy would produce cases of coronavirus?
Oh, I’m pretty sure the first part is a common enough thought.
Ridiculous. The LameStream media is just doing this to hype the coronavirus and trash on the President.
Trump’s been very clear that there’s nothing to worry about, this is clearly fake news, and the campaign will sue them shortly.
Sometimes, karma really delivers quickly. At CPAC, all these assholes were talking about the “Democrat hoax virus”, and now there’s a real chance that many of them have it, and some may get really sick. It probably won’t stop them from spinning this as the Democrat’s fault, or anyone but Trump’s, but the reality is pretty clear at this point.
It’s only going to get worse for them too…at the rate the stock market is falling, and with no relief in sight, it’s quite likely that all of the gains during Trump’s time in office will be erased. Add a bunch of dead Americans to a failing economy, and the flailing response of the administration as the coronavirus came ashore, and they pretty much have written the end of Trump’s presidency.
No, No. No. All right wing media should get together in the same very, very small room with the CPAC attendees, all of his judicial nominees, and everyone he has appointed in the USC. Perhaps toss in a few ebola and Zika patients. And his kids (they are sort of worse). Then lock the doors…
They can read Trump tweets about leaving cruise ship passengers off shore to keep the numbers down.
P.s. can we toss in the NYT editors and reporters who focused laser like on “her e-mails” in 2016?