President Trump has COVID-19 and is currently hospitalized. Just a single month ahead of the election and the same week as the presidential debate! That would be enough, but there’s more to talk about this Sunday as the world struggled to understand the severity of the president’s illness. On today’s episode, we break down the conversations on the Sunday shows into two segments: the credibility crisis and the impact on the election.

Chapters

• Introduction

• Highlight / Lowlight

• The Credibility Crisis in Trumpworld

• The Election Consequences

• Show Rankings

• Dialogue Challenge

Shows discussed 

• Face the Nation on CBS

• State of the Union on CNN

• Fox News Sunday on FOX

• This Week on ABC

• Meet the Press on NBC

Resources

• Dr. Anthony Fauci Speaks to the Likelihood of Vaccines for HIV and COVID-19 (American Journal of Managed Care)

• U.S. Public Now Divided Over Whether to Get COVID-19 Vaccine (Pew Research Center)

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