Meet The Author

Sam Cabral

South Asia, Mountain States (US), Immigration

Sam Cabral

Sam Cabral is currently a graduate student at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. He was born and raised in Sri Lanka. He received a B.A. in Political Economy from the University of California - Berkeley in 2017. After two years of communications work in Washington, Sam began his journalism career with the Medill News Service and also completed a broadcast news production internship with ABC-7 News in Arlington, Virginia. Sam has also covered Congress, the Supreme Court and the 2020 campaign trail.


Latest stories

In the South

Episode 17: Georgia balances dual pressures / jobless numbers soar in Louisiana / over 60% have recovered in the Carolinas… Read Story

Midwest region

Episode 16: Ohio to 3D-print one million nasal swabs / African Americans bear the brunt in metro areas / Native tribes in South Dakota resist… Read Story

Northeast region

Episode 15: Cuomo plans a way out for New York / nursing homes pay the price / Rhode Island lifts its stay-at-home order… Read Story

Europe edition

Episode 14: Germany shows Europe the path forward, the U.K.’s death toll surges past Italy’s, and Central and Eastern Europe contain the virus Subscribe on Instagram for more: https://www.instagram.com/thebulletinburger… Read Story

Oceania edition

Episode 13: Australia squashes the curve, but economic losses mount, and New Zealand stamps out the virus Subscribe for more: https://www.instagram.com/thebulletinburger… Read Story

Asia edition

Episode 12: Vietnam shakes off COVID-19, China goes on a diplomatic offensive and Afghanistan gets a boost from the Taliban. Here is your Bulletin Burger for Wednesday May 6, 2020. Subscribe for more. Read Story

Africa edition

Episode 11: Senegal impresses with its rapid response, Nigeria plans a premature reopening and Ghana returns to work Subscribe to @thebulletinburger on Instagram for more content. Read Story

Americas Edition

Episode 10: Paraguay holds the line on its strict lockdown measures, Brazil sees an uncontrolled surge in new cases and Canada takes action with an assault weapons ban… Here is a special Americas edition of… Read Story

The Bulletin Burger: Looking Ahead

Episode 9: Restrictions around the world are being loosened, American renters are at the mercy of their landlords and college graduations are happening one way or another. Here’s your daily ‘bite’ of some good news,… Read Story

Latest Facts

False
Voters in New Mexico are being sent multiple absentee ballots

Source:

Charlie Kirk via Twitter


Mixed
Hydroxychloroquine does not kill people with respiratory ailments

Source:

Bill Mitchell via Twitter


False
Are Muslims flouting the lockdown in Delhi?

Source:

Roop Darak via Twitter


False
Children are not dying of COVID-19

Source:

Ben Shapiro via Twitter


False
Does most of the country want to open it all up and see what happens?

Source:

Kumail Nanjiani via Twitter


False
“Well run states should not bail out poorly run states”

Source:

Donald Trump via Twitter


False
States are over-reporting Covid-19 deaths to get more money

Erica Pettinaro says states are “fluffing” their numbers because they have a perverse incentive: “The more deaths and cases that you have, the more federal funding you get.”

Source:

Protests spread, fueled by economic woes and Internet subcultures,”Washington Post, May 1, 2020


False
Migrant worker in Singapore commits suicide

A video circulated on Facebook, YouTube and WhatsApp shows a dead Bangladeshi migrant hanging in a stairwell in Tuas Dormitory, Singapore, in protest of the living conditions of foreign workers, who have been the source of a recent spike in COVID-19 cases in the country.

Source:

Video posted by Barishaillamonuo on Facebook (Original video taken down from Facebook and YouTube)


Mixed
Mail-in ballots are not a legitimate form of voting

“You lick an envelope and mail in a ballot, there’s all kinds of evidence that would suggest that there would be ballots lost, and because you’ve taken out the bipartisan oversight at the basic community level, you lose a degree of almost guaranteed legitimacy.”

Source:

Former Ohio elections chief Ken Blackwell on why Ohio’s mail-in primary will not set the precedent for the November election, in “Joe Biden wins Ohio’s mail-in primary delayed by coronavirus” (Associated Press)


False
Tajikistan is coronavirus-free

The government of Tajikistan insists no outbreaks of COVID-19 have been detected in the population. President Emomali Rahman even suggested people were likely immune to the virus because they keep their homes clean.

Source:

Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population, the Government of Tajikistan