Media members were concerned by the Trump administration's decision to ban audio and video from a White House coronavirus briefing Tuesday led by Vice President Mike Pence.
Mediaite notes that President Trump had previously promised the administration would be "aggressively transparent" in its response to the spread of the new coronavirus known as COVID-19, which originated in Wuhan, China, and has made its way to the United States. But journalists argued Tuesday's briefing was anything but, with some describing the action as "authoritarian."
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