Brouhaha following travel outside of Michigan by Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer after her repeated, passionate entreats to Michigan residents that they not travel outside this state: Coverage may say as much about the media itself as it does her decision, actions.
- AP: “Whitmer visited elderly father in Florida during pandemic” by David Eggert (April 20, 2021)
- The Blaze: “Michigan Gov Gretchen Whitmer blasted for ‘hypocrisy’ amid reports she recently took personal trip to Florida” by Breck Dumas (April 19, 2021)
- Breitbart “Gretchen Whitmer traveled to Florida a month ago — before calling on residents not to go” by Kyle Olson (April 19, 2021)
- Bridge Michigan: “Michigan Gov. Whitmer draws fire for out-of-state trip before she was vaccinated” by Sergio Martinez-Beltrán and Jonathan Oosting (April 19, 2021)
- Detroit Free Press: “Spokeswoman: Gov Gretchen Whitmer traveled to visit her ill father” by Paul Egan (April 19, 2021, 7:19pm, updated 10:53pm)
- Detroit News: “Whitmer traveled out of state to visit her father” by Craig Mauger (April 19, 2020, 7:49pm, update April 20, 2021, 6:06am)
- mLive: “Whitmer visited her father in out-of-state trip” by Emily Lawler (April 19, 2021)
- Washington Examiner: “Whitmer traveled out of Michigan to see ill father in Florida despite COVID-19 guidance” by Haley Victory Smith (April 19, 2021, 9:03pm)
- Yahoo! News: “Whitmer faces fresh criticism after visit to Florida revealed” by Edmund DeMarche (April 20, 2021, 3:31am)
Beyond the myriad spins and varying degrees of detail that have been put to essentially the same fact set, Brad Slager of Townhall posted an opinion piece on the matter — and arguably larger trajectory of which he believes it a part — just after midnight. That article is titled “Gretchen Whitmer Traveled to Florida After Blaming That State for Michigan’s Spike in Covid Cases.”