Certainly not in this case. Rachel Maddow proved that last night with her blockbuster report of the CDC watering down their reports of a Smithfield meat packing plant due to political pressure from the Trump Administration.
Document: The original CDC recommendations to prevent Covid spread at the Sioux Falls, SD Smithfield plant
April 21, 2020
Document: These are the watered-down CDC recommendations that replaced the original guidance a day later.
April 22, 2020
VIDEO:
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Document: The original CDC recommendations to prevent Covid spread at the Sioux Falls, SD Smithfield plant
April 21, 2020
Document: These are the watered-down CDC recommendations that replaced the original guidance a day later.
April 22, 2020
VIDEO:
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CDC director's office ordered softening of coronavirus safety protocols for meat plant
In a TRMS exclusive, Rachel Maddow reports on the CDC changing the language on its own coronavirus safety protocols for a South Dakota Smithfield meat processing plant to make the language more optional on orders from CDC Director Robert Redfield's office.
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