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Jan 13, 2021
Gov. Jim Justice Friday criticized the state’s news media outlets over what he sees as a lack of good news being reported on how COVID-19 is being handled in West Virginia.
Responding to a question about the rising number of COVID-19 deaths over the past month, Justice accused the media of not reporting all the positive actions his administration has taken to help the state battle the virus.
From our standpoint on how we’ve covered the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the governor’s blanket accusation is highly unfair.
Since early in the pandemic, when Justice ordered testing of all nursing home residents, our reporter in Charleston covered the story, and we ran that story prominently on the front page.