Brian Stelter
Anchor of @ReliableSources and @CNN's chief media correspondent. Formerly @nytimes, @tvnewser and Top of the Morning. Email: [email protected]
Last synced from Twitter 957d ago
‘War Zone’: Ambulances in N.Y.C. Are Now as Busy as on Sept. 11
With coronavirus cases mounting, emergency workers are making life-or-death decisions about who goes to a hospital, and who is left behind.
1
Brian Stelter
NYC's 911 system averages 4,000 EMS calls a day. "On Thursday, dispatchers took more than 7,000 calls — a volume not seen since the Sept. 11 attacks. The record for amount of calls in a day was broken three times in the last week," @AliWatkins reports
39h
Coronavirus in NY: Video shows disturbing, crowded hospital ER
A shocking new Facebook video shows disturbing, crowded conditions inside the emergency room at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in Queens — with gurneys crammed side by side and sick patients…
1
Brian Stelter
Today's @NYPost cover: BEDLAM. "A shocking new Facebook video shows disturbing, crowded conditions inside the emergency room at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in Queens — with gurneys crammed side by side and sick patients waiting on chairs..." trib.al/YMhSaKV pic.twitter.com/e43d2qXwJU
52h
Promised drive-through testing sites haven't materialized
Two weeks ago, President Donald Trump promised a network of drive-through covid-19 testing sites across the country where people could be tested "very safely, quickly and conveniently." In a Rose Garden news conference, chief executives of Target,...
4
Brian Stelter
Trump got tons of attention for promising Covid tests at big box stores, but 2 weeks later there are only a few. Senior admin official "said the admin's initial drive-through testing ambitions had to be scaled back because of the lack of tests nationwide."
53h
Watch Michigan nurses' chilling pleas: 'I'm breaking,' 'stay home'
Ascension worker's social media video has gone viral while Gov. Whitmer tweets about another Michigan nurse's struggle
1
Brian Stelter
One way nurses can get the word out: Instagram video diaries.
"Chilling videos are emerging from Metro Detroit hospitals made by nurses after harrowing shifts dealing with patients stricken by COVID-19..."
3d
Title not found
1
Brian Stelter
Today Justin Trudeau thanked the Canadian media for providing access to virus news and info (cnn.it/3duDMRJ) pic.twitter.com/nJpLx4doxO
5d
Pittsburgh-area newspapers cut staff, suspend print editions as pandemic guts ad revenues
1
Brian Stelter
"Newspapers across the U.S. "have seen ad revenues plummet by 20 to 30% in the last two weeks compared with a year ago..."
5d
'Nightline's' original anchor Ted Koppel reflects on show's 40th anniversary, fighting COPD and the coronavirus
Ted Koppel hosted "Nightline" for 25 years.
2
Brian Stelter
Ted Koppel: With so many people spreading "absolute nonsense and sometimes damaging nonsense over the internet," this is a time "when, rather than questioning the credibility of the media, we need to reinforce it."
5d
The New Trump Show: ‘I’ve Gotten to Like This Room’
The president has turned the abandoned briefing room into a new stage and he’s making it must-see TV.
1
Brian Stelter
Over the last two weeks, Trump has turned "the all-but-abandoned briefing room into the set of a largely unscripted television series that has gripped, worried and (depending on one’s political affiliation) infuriated viewers," @michaelkruse writes
5d
Trump Wants U.S. ‘Opened Up’ by Easter, Despite Health Officials’ Warnings
“You can’t just come in and say let’s close up the United States of America,” the president said, insisting again that he did not view the coronavirus as any more dangerous than the flu.
2
Brian Stelter
"Public health officials were horrified by Mr. Trump’s statement, which threatened to send many Americans back into the public square just as the peak of the virus was expected."
6d
Coronavirus Is Advancing. All Americans Need to Shelter in Place.
The worst of the pandemic is yet to come. Listen to the medical experts. It’s time for a national lockdown.
1
Brian Stelter
NYT editorial board: "President Trump needs to call for a two-week shelter-in-place order, now, as part of a coherent national strategy for the coronavirus to protect Americans and their livelihoods..."
6d
'Cacophony of coughing': Inside NYC's virus-besieged ERs
NEW YORK (AP) — A “cacophony of coughing” in packed emergency rooms. Beds squeezed in wherever there is space. Overworked, sleep-deprived doctors and nurses rationed to one face mask a day and...
2
Brian Stelter
At NYC hospitals: "A 'cacophony of coughing' in packed ERs. Beds squeezed in wherever there is space. Overworked, sleep-deprived doctors and nurses rationed to one face mask a day and wracked by worry about a dwindling number of available ventilators..."
6d
Amazon Lifts Prime Video Paywall for Kids' Programming
Shows including 'If You Give a Mouse a Cookie' and 'Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood' will be available free for all customers, with or without a Prime membership.
2
Brian Stelter
"Amazon is making a host of kids' and family programs available for free... The tech behemoth has lifted the paywall for original & acquired children's series on its Prime Video platform, so that all Amazon users can view them" with or without a membership
7d
Harsh Steps Are Needed to Stop the Coronavirus, Experts Say
Scientists who have fought pandemics describe difficult measures needed to defend the United States against a fast-moving pathogen.
1
Brian Stelter
"Many experts, some of whom are international civil servants, declined to speak on the record for fear of offending the president. But they were united in the opinion that politicians must step aside" and let scientists both lead and explain the effort...
8d
Title not found
1
Brian Stelter
The news is a dull roar – empowering some of the time but disconcerting most of the time. The reports from hospitals are straight out of a nightmare. And if you're anything like me, the virus has started to infect your dreams, too...
8d
As virus spreads, growing need for hospital beds, supplies
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic took an increasingly bleak toll Saturday in the U.S. and Europe, producing staggering caseloads in New York and Italy and setting off a desperate...
1
Brian Stelter
AP's global lead: The pandemic is producing "staggering caseloads in New York and Italy and setting off a desperate scramble to set up thousands of additional hospital beds..."
9d
After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News | Official Site
Learn more about the HBO documentary After Truth: The Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News.
1
Brian Stelter
Plug for the film I exec-produced: "After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News" is re-airing on HBO2 right now. And it's streaming on HBO's on-demand platforms
9d
Intelligence officials' early alarms about possible pandemic went unheeded
WASHINGTON - U.S. intelligence agencies were issuing ominous, classified warnings in January and February about the global danger posed by the coronavirus while President Donald Trump and lawmakers played down the threat and failed to take action...
1
Brian Stelter
Intel agencies "were issuing ominous, classified warnings in January and February about the global danger posed by the coronavirus while Trump and lawmakers played down the threat and failed to take action that might have slowed the spread of the pathogen"
10d
Title not found
1
Brian Stelter
ER doctors, nurses and other experts are using traditional & social media to call out supply shortages and other serious problems. "DOCTORS SOUND ALARM AS A NATION STRUGGLES" is the banner headline in Friday's NYT... cnn.it/2QvOtcS pic.twitter.com/5ddBHYasPh
10d
Acceptance Growing That Tokyo Games Could Be Postponed
Rumblings are growing that the Tokyo Games may have to be pushed back a year despite the IOC's insistence that things remain status quo.
1
Brian Stelter
"Olympic insiders have reported a growing acceptance that the Tokyo Games simply cannot happen as planned, despite the IOC's statement yesterday that it 'remains fully committed' to this summer's event..."
11d
Can Smart Thermometers Track the Spread of the Coronavirus?
A company that makes internet-connected thermometers has followed the flu more closely than the C.D.C. can. Now the devices may be turning up cases of Covid-19.
3
Brian Stelter
As a Kinsa thermometer user, this made me say wow:
"A company that makes internet-connected thermometers has followed the flu more closely than the C.D.C. can. Now the devices may be turning up cases of Covid-19," NYT's Donald G. McNeil Jr. reports
12d