The Daily Beast is being criticized over a misleading report about the deaths that have occurred among educators amid the reopening of schools during the coronavirus outbreak. Fourth Watch media analyst Steve Krakauer highlighted an article published last week that read the "heartbreaking" headline, "At Least 4 Teachers Have Died of COVID-19 Since Start of School Year." "The teachers in the Daily Beast pick-up could have held any profession - it could have been about four plumbers who contracted COVID and sadly died. Their deaths had nothing to do with their occupation, and the Beast misrepresentation hurts all readers who are struggling with the issue of in-person school." Krakauer concluded, "The Daily Beast - how did this get published?"

Source: Fox News September 15, 2020 01:30 UTC