Christina Pushaw & others spot suspicious timing in the AP's new guidance on reporting Covid cases & hospitalizations

Doug P. | 6:10 PM on January 12, 2022

President Biden’s 2020 promise to “shut down the virus” if elected president is now smoldering on the ash heap of broken promises, and his approval rating continues to spiral downward.

Just coincidentally, the Associated Press has issued new guidance to their reporters covering Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations:

"The AP has recently told its editors and reporters to avoid emphasizing case counts in stories about the disease. That means, for example, no more stories focused solely on a particular country or state setting a one-day record for number of cases"https://t.co/cFCc59K8Gi

— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) January 12, 2022

"Even the usefulness of those [hospitalization] numbers has been called into question in recent days. In many cases, hospitalizations are incidental: there are people being admitted for other reasons and are surprised to find they test positive for COVID"

— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) January 12, 2022

Well, isn’t that interesting timing!

Christina Pushaw, press secretary for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, is among those who think the same thing:

Interesting that the AP only issues this guidance AFTER California and New York start breaking case records every day. They didn't have the same approach to reporting on Florida. American Pravda. https://t.co/HiLHcIMGuh

— Christina Pushaw 🐊 (@ChristinaPushaw) January 12, 2022

The MSM — Associated Press included — couldn’t be more predictable if the tried.

They're not changing their reporting because of Omicron. They're changing their reporting because of the election. It's just the excuse they're using.

— John J Rambo (@JohnJRamboEsq) January 12, 2022