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The Press Box

Celebrity Coronavirus Doctors, Trump's "Total" Authority, and ESPN Pay Cuts | The Press Box

The Press Box

The Ringer

Sports

4.43.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In the age of COVID-19 coverage, a new type of media figure has emerged: the celebrity doctor. We break down three types that have seen a lot of airtime in the past month (1:15). Plus: our overworked Twitter joke of the week (20:04), some snippets from Trump’s daily press briefings (23:02), and pay cuts at ESPN (32:57). Hosts: Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:14.7

Hello media consumers, Brian Curtis and David Schumacher of the Ringer here. We got lots and lots

1:20.3

to talk about today. We'll talk about Donald Trump's weirdest coronavirus press conference yet.

1:26.8

We'll talk about how ESPN is weathering these sports content drought from showing classic

1:32.0

college football games and master's tournaments to a spelling bee marathon.

1:37.1

Plus David guesses a strain pun headline in the overworked Twitter joke of the week.

1:41.8

But David, I want to start with a curious figure who has emerged during coronavirus TV coverage.

1:48.5

The celebrity doctor. We've seen praise heaped on Dr. Anthony Fachi, former FDA commissioner

1:56.6

Scott Gottlieb, even Sanjay Gupta. Those are America's doctor jackals. But then there's Mr. Hyde.

2:03.8

There's the TV doctor who has dabbled in questionable science, touted wonder drugs or essentially

2:10.1

told America, don't worry. Everything's going to be okay. We'll get to some famous examples in a

2:16.5

second. But my starting theory here is this anyone who has watched CNN or ESPN knows how TV

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