CNN personalities fought back tears after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed its guidance on indoor mask-wearing for those who are fully vaccinated.
“I just want to take a moment to mark this minute because I found myself welling up when Dr. Walensky was talking and she said, ‘We have an exciting announcement,’ and I still find myself welling up even right now because, you know, you and I talked every morning, you know, during the past year about how many more Americans were going to die, you know, what was going to happen, were we going to make it to the vaccinations, were we all going to survive,” CNN’s Alisyn Camerota said during a Thursday afternoon segment.
Earlier in the day, the CDC announced that those who have received both shots can partake in both indoor and outdoor activities without donning a face covering, regardless of crowd size.
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Chief CNN medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta, responded to Camerota by saying, “You’re getting me emotional too, Alisyn. I mean, gosh, I got goosebumps as you’re talking. I mean, it’s a really important day. It is, and I hear what you’re saying because, can we say that and still be really honest about the trauma and tragedy we’ve been through — significant — I mean, you know, this should not feel like in any way that minimizes what has happened over this past year, I completely agree.”
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The emotional display follows a Wednesday critique from the Washington Post that suggested “the new CNN” is rife with opinion, feelings, and, in some cases, expletives. The Thursday tear-jerker is one of several moments in the past few weeks in which anchors have gotten emotional on-air.
In March, Brianna Keilar welled up covering the Colorado grocery store shooting that left 10 dead, and Sara Sidner nearly cried in January talking about pandemic deaths.
The unorthodox news behavior appears to be sanctioned by network President Jeff Zucker.
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“One of the things that I’ve tried to encourage is authenticity and being real,” Zucker said. “If we pretend not to be human, it’s not real.”
CNN has recently received a wave of backlash for bias coverage pertaining to the outcome of the 2020 presidential election and the verdict in the George Floyd trial.
