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4:20 PM ET, October 5, 2020

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Allan Smith / NBC News:
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany says she has tested positive for COVID-19  —  White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany is the latest administration official to test positive for Covid-19, she revealed on Twitter on Monday morning.  —  Her diagnosis means that nine people tied …
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Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
Vague info from Trump's doctors on Saturday was quickly contradicted off the record by Mark Meadows, highlighting the routine chaos of covering this White House  —  The dispatches began routinely enough for an out-of-the-ordinary day, with Pool Report #2 from Cheryl Bolen, the Bloomberg White House reporter on pool duty Saturday.
Bill Grueskin / Columbia Journalism Review:
From his Rose Garden Garrett nomination party to his SUV joyride from Walter Reed, the media is right to say Trump is recklessly endangering others' lives  —  The president of the United States is acting like a drunk driver, and the press needs to cover him that way.
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
WHCA blasted the lack of notice about President Trump's brief motorcade trip out of his hospital quarters on Sunday, criticizing the lack of transparency  —  © ALEX EDELMAN/AFP via Getty Images  —  The White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) on Sunday blasted President Trump's brief foray …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
It's no secret that a culture of lies permeates this White House, so reporters need to press for documentation and statements from credible medical experts  —  With President Trump apparently struck by covid-19 a month before a critical election and after 200,000 American deaths from the disease …
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
ABC says its news staff who were in direct contact with former NJ Gov. Chris Christie will quarantine for 14 days, after he announced his positive COVID-19 test
CNN:
Cineworld Group, the owner of Regal Cinemas, to suspend operations at all of its theaters in the US and UK beginning on Thursday, affecting 45,000 employees  —  New York/London (CNN Business)Cineworld Group, the owner of Regal Cinemas, will suspend operations at all of its theaters …
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Rebecca Davis / Variety:
China box office bounced back this weekend to its pre-pandemic levels, with revenue hitting nearly $260M on the mainland  —  The China box office bounced back this weekend to its pre-pandemic levels, figures from its National Day holiday weekend show — proving that the right mix of competitive …
Ben Smith / New York Times:
Years of White House evasions on Trump's health show the US urgently needs a reporting culture better suited to covering the decline of its many older leaders  —  The president is hospitalized and reporters are fighting for basic facts.  What should elderly leaders — many of America's top politicians …
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Sidestepping rules on political interference, two Trump appointees at USAGM have compiled a report claiming VOA's White House bureau chief was unfair to Trump  —  Toggle more options  —  Two political appointees at the federal agency that oversees the Voice of America recently investigated …
Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
Los Angeles Times Executive Editor Norman Pearlstine announces that he will soon step down and that the paper will begin searching for his replacement  —  Los Angeles Times Executive Editor Norman Pearlstine announced that he would soon step down and that the paper was launching a search for a new top editor.
Sam Thielman / Columbia Journalism Review:
Q&A with Ken Klippenstein, the DC correspondent for The Nation, on using FOIA requests and building a source network through his pugnacious Twitter presence  —  Ken Klippenstein is not a meme.  Well, he's not just a meme.  The DC correspondent for The Nation is probably best known …
Jeff Young / 89.3 WFPL News Louisville:
A look at efforts by journalists to cover the Appalachia region, often misunderstood and stereotyped, including establishing accessible lists of local reporters  —  It wasn't too long ago that Michael Farmer, a pastor in Charleston, West Virginia, received an email asking him a question …
 
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Ryan McMorrow / Financial Times:
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Rick Porter / Hollywood Reporter:
Cops resumes production, though the episodes won't air in the US and will be used to fulfill commitments in international territories where it still runs
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Cesar Conde is looking to draw a brighter line between news and opinion programming at MSNBC, which lags behind rivals on news coverage beyond politics