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CNN’s Acosta Mangles White House Quote on Science & Reopening Schools, Corrects Himself ONLY After Misleading Tweet Goes Viral

by mosesman

  • CNN’s Acosta Mangles White House Quote on Science & Reopening Schools, Corrects Himself ONLY After Misleading Tweet Goes Viral
    by https://www.rt.com/
    White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany was lambasted online after relaying the president’s support for reopening schools this fall, but a quote singled out by critics was deceptively stripped of all context.
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    The row was sparked during a White House presser on Thursday, after a reporter asked McEnany about how parents might approach the upcoming academic year, as a growing number of school districts around the country move to full-time virtual learning amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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    “The president has said unmistakably that he wants schools to open,”     McEnany replied. “I was just in the Oval talking to him about that, and when he says open, he means open in full, kids being able to attend each and every day at their school. The science should not stand in the way.”
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    “The science is on our side here. We encourage localities and states to just simply follow the science.”
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    Though McEnany went on to cite Scott Atlas, the former head of Stanford University’s neuroradiology department, as well as a recent study by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), her first line about “science” promptly went viral. A Twitter pile-on soon followed, with detractors and a number of mainstream media outlets presenting the quote only in part, distorting its meaning to suggest the administration opposes ‘science’ altogether.
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