| The Impeachment Excuse
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell today suggested the attention of the government was “diverted” from responding to coronavirus earlier in the year because of impeachment.
On his podcast, conservative talker Hugh Hewitt asked McConnell about Senator Tom Cotton flagging concerns early on about the coronavirus and whether Cotton was the first in the Senate to bring that up to the Majority Leader.
“It came up while we were tied down on the impeachment trial. And I think it diverted the attention of the government, because everything every day was all about impeachment," McConnell said in part.
President Trump floated the same idea on Monday. Chris Cuomo diagnosed with coronavirus Chris Cuomo, the CNN prime time anchor and brother of New York governor Andrew Cuomo, has tested positive for the coronavirus.
Journalists and members of the media from all over shared their sympathies and well-wishes for Cuomo on Tuesday afternoon. And his brother offered a heartfelt comment, too.
“I am not the story," said the CNN anchor on his radio show. "There are people who are in rough shape because of this. And we gotta deal with that and that’s why I’m doing the job and that’s why I’m going to keep doing the job."
Mediaite wishes Cuomo good health, quick recovery, and safe days ahead for his whole family. 'Glimmers' of hope NIAID director Dr. Anthony Fauci said on CNN today that there are signs all the social distancing and other coronavirus mitigation strategies may be helping already.
"We’re starting to see glimmers that [intensive mitigation] is actually having some dampening effect," he said to Jake Tapper.
"But that does not take away from the seriousness" of the situation as it stands currently, he cautioned. "We’re still in a very difficult situation." The two discussed how grave that situation still is.
In other Fauci news Over the last couple of weeks, polls have shown Dr. Fauci has become one of the most trusted leaders in America, and a key consultant to President Trump.
Fauci has jumped all over the airwaves — speaking with a variety of different networks, talk shows, and even social media influencers.
Here are some of his most notable, interesting, and informative interviews so far. Face masks CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta said today it may be time to consider all Americans potentially wearing face masks when they go outside their homes. Dr. Fauci has indicated this may be a recommendation soon. Also Rush Limbaugh We mentioned in today's Media Loser section (and yesterday's) the insistence on the Trump right that everyone is lying about coronavirus as part of a vast left-wing conspiracy to damage the president.
Let's not forget Rush Limbaugh in that discussion, though we may wish to. In his version, from his radio show today, the Drudge Report is a major mover behind the effort to deceive Americans about hospitals working hard when really they have it super easy right now. Dominant ratings In all the coronavirus news and reporting, and despite any controversial commentary from hosts on air or on social media, Fox News just had their highest-rated quarter in network history. | 
