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Washington Post ‘News’ Article Trashes South Dakota Governor For Not Shutting Down State Over Coronavirus

Ashe Schow
Washington Post ‘News’ Article Trashes South Dakota Governor For Not Shutting Down State Over Coronavirus
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A purportedly straight news article from The Washington Post was littered with partisan language attacking South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) for not shutting down her state, which has a smaller population and fewer coronavirus cases than most others.

The article’s headline reads: “South Dakota’s governor resisted ordering people to stay home. Now it has one of the nation’s largest coronavirus hot spots.” The details of the article make it clear South Dakota is no New York or California. South Dakota has 868 cases of the coronavirus and six deaths in a state of just under 900,000 people.

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