President Trump addressed ESPN on Twitter this morning, asking them to apologize for their "untruth":
What he's referring to: ESPN host Jemele Hill tweeted Monday that Trump is a white supremacist.
White House's initial response: Sarah Sanders said Tuesday that Hill's comments were "outrageous" and "a fireable offense."
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The spread of the novel coronavirus outbreak is being matched, or even outrun, by the spread on social media of both unintentional misinformation about it and vociferous campaigns of malicious disinformation, experts tell Axios.
Why it matters: The tide of bad information is undermining trust in governments, global health organizations, nonprofits and scientists — the very institutions that many believe are needed to organize a global response to what may be turning into a pandemic.
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Addiction treatment in the U.S. is critically necessary yet deeply flawed.
The big picture: Drug overdoses kill tens of thousands of Americans a year, but treatment is often inaccessible. The industry is also riddled with subpar care and, in some cases, fraud.
The CDC warned travelers in an alert to avoid all nonessential travel to South Korea, as the number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the country rose to 977 on Tuesday morning.
The big picture: WHO has expressed concern about infections with no clear link to China. COVID-19 has killed at least 2,703 people and infected more than 80,000 others, mostly in mainland China.