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CNN anchor Chris Cuomo said Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with Covid-19.

Longtime CBS journalist Maria Mercader died Sunday from the coronavirus, CBS Evening News announced.

Mercader, 54, died in a New York hospital, according to CBS. She had been on medical leave for an unrelated matter since February.

“Even more than her talents as a journalist, we will miss her indomitable spirit,” CBS News president and senior executive producer Susan Zirinsky said in the network's tweet. “Maria was part of all of our lives.”

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The nation’s television news outlets, especially the three major cable-news networks, are grappling with a nagging paradox as President Donald Trump continues to orchestrate his White House briefings on the novel coronavirus pandemic.

On the one hand, their ratings have never been higher, and viewers’ appetites for the live sessions have shown no signs of dwindling. On the other hand, journalists and executives at MSNBC, CNN, and the often Trump-friendly Fox News—which scored an impressive 6.2 million viewers for Sunday’s installment of the Trump show, according to Nielsen—are increasingly facing the likelihood that they are becoming an uncritical and unvetted transmission belt for propaganda and misinformation.

The Chinese government announced Tuesday it would yank the press credentials for reporters of major U.S. news outlets, further escalating tensions between the two countries in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic which originated there.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry said that journalists from The New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal whose reporting credentials expire this year will have four days to notify China’s Department of Information of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and 10 days to turn in their press passes.

“They will not be allowed to continue working as journalists in the People's Republic of China, including its Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions,” the announcement says.

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As Chris Matthews announced his immediate retirement from MSNBC's "Hardball" Monday over accusations that he made inappropriate comments to women, an emotional scene took place behind the cameras, where Matthews' family and crew watched him say his goodbyes.

"I’m retiring," the veteran host told viewers at the top of his show. "This is the last ‘Hardball’ at MSNBC, and obviously this isn’t for lack of interest in politics. As you can tell, I’ve loved every minute of my 20 years as host of ‘Hardball.’"

Before the taping began, Matthews ducked into the studio without talking to any of the people waiting to appear on his show. As upcoming guests, including Democratic strategist Joe Trippi, gathered with makeup artist Roxanne Williams, Associated Press White House reporter Jonathan Lemire urged everyone assembled to watch Matthews’ opening.

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The lawsuit, filed in New York State Supreme Court on Wednesday, accuses the Times of intentionally defaming Trump with an op-ed claiming that his 2016 campaign had an "overarching deal" with Russia.

"The statements were and are 100 percent false and defamatory," Jenna Ellis, a lawyer for the campaign, said in a statement.

"The complaint alleges The Times was aware of the falsity at the time it published them, but did so for the intentional purpose of hurting the campaign, while misleading its own readers in the process,” Ellis added.

TVNL Comment: Read the Mueller Report, Ms. Ellis. The truth hurts. Then sue anyone who tells the truth about your client.  It rarely works, but it can by really costly.

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