Best Briefing so far

First you had Fauci defending the President to the hilt, and completely undermining the fake Jake Tapper gotcha moment. The death stare Fauci provided to the reporter who implied that the top epidemiologist in the world was being forced to retract something he meant was priceless. Day after day these reporters attack Fauci and the task force as a means to undermine the President. For once Fauci shot back.

Then you had the Press go into complete meltdown mode over the "video" that was shown, in some cases showing the very media outlets represented there getting everything wrong up front  (such as footage of reporters telling people that Covid-19 was not as bad as the flu), as well as similar quotes from prominent politicians that the media is desperately attempting to protect.  Not to mention all of the clips from Democrats criticizing the President's early response as premature and racist.

Then you had Trump chastise the CNN reporter who apparently is supposed be covering these briefings, but can't seem to remember a single positive thing that was done by anyone (not the CDC, the NIAID, the Army Corps of Engineers, FEMA, the National Guards, any number of companies who stepped up to help) during this entire process. It makes you wonder if she pays any attention to anything be said in these briefings, which at one time was actually the job of the press.

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I think that is the most troubling aspect of all of this. You literally have an overall herculean effort putting forth by the task force, the medical community, the scientific community, the private sector, and just everyday individuals. Pretty much every line of testing, possible cures, possible antidotes, possible vaccines, possible treatments is being researched by someone or in most cases multiple people. Hospitals have been build in days. Companies have stepped up and stopped normal day to day manufacturing to focus on making medical supplies.

To date, there has not been a single reported case of someone dying due to lack of care or equipment. This coming after pretty much everyone suggested that neither the states or the federal governments was prepared for an event such as this.

Yet reporters would make it out that the entire country is sitting on their hands doing nothing and that little or nothing has been provided to anyone. This 180 degree misrepresentation of the reality appears to be motivated entirely out of the politically selfish concept that recognizing any success by the task force or the American people as a whole might actually shed a positive light on the President. Better to stick your head in the sand, ignore all of the effort, and pretend that this response has been a total disaster.

Even if you know it's a complete lie!