Early 2020: 'Worry About the Flu, Not Coronavirus'
In late January 2020, prominent headlines told Americans the flu was a bigger worry than the new coronavirus.
BuzzFeed News
4 files on the record. 4 helped Democrats, 0 helped Republicans, 0 helped neither.
BuzzFeed: Trump 'directed' Cohen to lie to Congress
Citing two federal law enforcement officials, BuzzFeed News reported that President Trump personally directed his lawyer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about the Trump Tower Moscow negotiations, and that the special counsel had learned this from witnesses and documents.
The Steele Dossier Goes Public
Mother Jones reported in October 2016 that a veteran Western spy had given the FBI memos alleging a years-long Russian operation to cultivate and compromise Donald Trump. In January 2017 BuzzFeed published the full 35-page dossier, noting it was unverified, and its allegations drove years of coverage.
Memories Pizza Framed as Refusing Service to Gay Customers
Amid the Indiana RFRA fight, ABC57 headlined that a Walkerton pizzeria was the first local business to publicly deny same-sex service, and national outlets said it would deny service to LGBT people.