Yahoo News Reporter Apologizes to Trump for Making Inaccurate COVID-19 Test Claim

Yahoo News Reporter Apologizes to Trump for Making Inaccurate COVID-19 Test Claim
President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on April 28, 2020. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
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A Yahoo News White House correspondent apologized to President Donald Trump on Tuesday for asking a question that incorrectly claimed that the United States had conducted fewer tests per capita for COVID-19 than South Korea.

Hunter Walker admitted that he misread a chart and mixed up numbers when addressing his question to the president during a news conference at the Oval Office with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Isabel van Brugen
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Isabel van Brugen is an award-winning journalist. She holds a master's in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.
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