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New from me: Here's how Fox News misled viewers about the coronavirus for the past few weeks cnn.com/2020/03/12/med…
Top Fox personalities accused news outlets THIS WEEK of having over-torqued virus coverage in attempt to harm Trump politically. Hannity decried the "hysteria."

Today, Fox execs told employees to work from home, referring to the pandemic as a "crisis."

cnn.com/2020/03/12/med…
The disinformation disseminated by Fox News is especially alarming given that its audience skews older, and is thus most vulnerable to the virus. The median age of a Fox News viewer for the month of February was 67. cnn.com/2020/03/12/med…
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Oliver Darcy
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News: In all staff memo, Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott says the network is "reducing the staff footprint at our headquarters in New York and some of our bureaus and will be instituting telecommuting starting Monday."
Fox is taking additional measures:

* "Reducing in studio bookings across linear platforms and where possible, shows are being directed to rely on remotes or Skype"

* "Canceled the audience of The Greg Gutfeld Show until further notice"

*Canceled Ad Sales Upfront for March 24
More action from Fox re: coronavirus: "[V]arious departments have also been asked to cancel all in person meetings and summits, and conduct business via Skype or by phone. We have also limited outside vendors from entering the building."
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New from me: The Washington Examiner's top editor has directed staff in recent months to refrain from writing negative stories about Fox News.

The site even deleted a story (without explanation) where @megynkelly recounted harassment at the network.

cnn.com/2020/03/06/med…
People I spoke with said they believed WaEx Editor-In-Chief Hugo Gurdon handed down the order because he was afraid negative Fox stories would lead to the network blacklisting staffers.

Neither Gurdon nor a WaEx spox responded to requests for comment.

cnn.com/2020/03/06/med…
The directive illustrates the influence Fox wields over conservative media orgs. Such orgs know that if they antagonize Fox their staffers might no longer be invited on the network, and they'd lose a valuable opportunity to promote their work and drive traffic to their websites.
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Oliver Darcy
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Months later, The Hill is *STILL* reviewing John Solomon's work. The outlet's editor-in-chief told me there's no "exact timetable" for completing it, but that it will be finished in the "near future." It's unusual for a review like this to take so long. cnn.com/2020/01/23/med…
Solomon's work really constitutes the underpinnings of the Republican defense of Trump (that Biden misused his office, was corrupt, etc). It would matter a lot more if The Hill issued corrections to Solomon's work before the trial ends, versus after impeachment has concluded.
It's unclear why months after the review was announced, The Hill has yet to complete it. People w/1st-hand knowledge of relevant events have disputed Solomon's work ON THE RECORD in testimony TO CONGRESS.

But The Hill says the "review continues with a collective intensity..."
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