Media top headlines January 20
In media news today, Biden appears to lose his cool after a reporter’s question on divisiveness, NPR stands by mask report as three SCOTUS justices refute its claims, and MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow says Biden used his long press conference to show Putin he has ‘stamina.’
Multiple media outlets have suggested a Florida health official is on leave and under investigation for encouraging fellow employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19, but the actual reasoning appears to concern how he may have accessed colleagues’ private health data.
A local Orlando outlet reported this week that Orange County (Fla.) Health Director Dr. Raul Pino was placed on administrative leave following a Jan. 4 email he sent to Orange County Department of Health staff criticizing its low internal vaccination rate.
The Associated Press picked up the report (“Florida suspends health official in probe over vaccine law”), as well as the Washington Post (“Florida health official placed on leave after encouraging employees to get vaccinated”), New York Times (“A Florida public health official is put on leave after emailing his staff to urge vaccination”), Reuters (“Florida suspends health official who urged staff to get vaccinated), and Business Insider (“Florida Department of Health suspends medical director after he sent email encouraging staff to get vaccinated”), among others.
FLORIDA, USA – AUGUST 24: A woman receives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine during a vaccination event, in Key Biscayne, Florida, United States on August 24, 2021. (Photo by Marco Bello/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
(Marco Bello/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Some headlines in particular suggested Pino was placed on leave specifically because he wanted colleagues to get vaccinated – Florida under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has banned coronavirus vaccine mandates, including for government employees – but the email obtained by Fox News Digital shows him…
Source : foxnews
