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Trump leaves the hospital to greet supporters and says in a video he has ‘learned a lot’ about Covid.

Title (Dublin Core)

Trump leaves the hospital to greet supporters and says in a video he has ‘learned a lot’ about Covid.

Description (Dublin Core)

The main point of this article is that Donald Trump, who was hospitalized for the coronavirus, visited his supporters outside the hospital through a drive-by in a SUV with two Secret Service agents.

I chose this article because it’s a controversial topic and people have a lot of different views on Trump’s visit. It’s also been in the news a lot.

This news article reveals the perspectives on the severity of the coronavirus during the pandemic, from both doctors and citizens. It also shows how life is still divided from a political and scientific standpoint even during a pandemic.


This news article is important because our leader of our nation is potentially breaking medical protocols. In our society, it would be expected for our president to follow the rules to protect himself and others, so potentially breaking rules is a big deal for Trump.

The bias that exists in this article puts a negative spin on Trump. For example, the article stated that “The president[‘s] mishandling of the pandemic has become a political liability”, making it clear that the writers of the article don’t believe that Trump has done a good job protecting citizens from the pandemic and that it’s hurting his political side. The article also included a statement made by a doctor at the hospital Trump stayed at. The quotes that the article included from the doctor were that Trump was putting the lives of the Secret Service agents in the car with him at risk. The doctor also stated that “the irresponsibility [was] astounding”, that the agents were “commanded by Trump to put their lives at risk for political theater”, and that it was “insanity”. By choosing to include these many quotes from the doctor, New York Times is siding with the doctor, implicitly agreeing that what Trump did was irresponsible. The article also stated that the N95 masks that the agents were wearing were “not an absolute guarantee of stopping transmission, especially in a small enclosed space occupied by a person known to be infected”; even though this statement doesn’t explicitly state it, the authors of this article don’t believe that the agents were protected well enough and that it wasn’t a smart choice. The article seems to contain Liberal views and biases.

The responsibility of the media during the COVID-19 is to keep the media informed with all the updates with the coronavirus. This includes precautions, vaccine advancements, and what the government is doing to help protect the American people. The media should provide citizens with all the necessary information to keep us safe. It should also keep us updated with the presidential election and how the coronavirus will affect the process. The media’s primary goal is to keep the public well-informed.
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Date (Dublin Core)

October 4, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Glenn Thrush and Neil Vigdor- New York Times

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

AmericanStudies

Partner (Dublin Core)

California High School

Type (Dublin Core)

News Article

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/10/04/us/trump-vs-biden#trump-leaves-the-hospital-to-greet-supporters-and-says-in-a-video-he-has-learned-a-lot-about-covid
https://web.archive.org/web/20201007173020/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/10/04/us/trump-vs-biden

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Government Federal
English Health & Wellness
English News coverage

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

President Donald Trump
breaking medical protocols
Secret Service agents
mask
safety

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

media
news
President Donald Trump
COVID-19
president
#TrumpSupporters
NYTimes

Collection (Dublin Core)

San Fransisco Bay Area
Vaccine Stories

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

The Media & COVID-19, Lesson Plan

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

10/06/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

10/07/2020
10/09/2020
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Date Created (Dublin Core)

10/04/2020
10/05/2020

Item sets

Covid 19
High School

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