Brief thread on this.
During a two-week span between March 23 and April 6, Fox hosts and guests promoted hydroxychloroquine nearly 300 times: mediamatters.org/coronavirus-co…
During a two-week span between March 23 and April 6, Fox hosts and guests promoted hydroxychloroquine nearly 300 times: mediamatters.org/coronavirus-co…
https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/1322231996815446017
Through their coverage -- and a White House meeting featuring Fox host Laura Ingraham and her doctor guests -- they convinced Trump it was a miracle cure: They convinced Trump it was a miracle cure: mediamatters.org/fox-news/how-f…
Trump frequently takes government action in response to what he sees on Fox; in this case, he molded federal policy around the effectiveness of the drug, building up huge federal stockpiles: mediamatters.org/donald-trump/1…
It would have been great if Fox had actually *found* a coronavirus cure and gotten Trump to pursue it. But the accumulated evidence suggests the drug is ineffective and the FDA, CDC, NIH, and World Health Organization have all issued cautions regarding its use.
Notably, once that happened Fox stopped talking about it. After the FDA pulled its emergency waiver for the drug in June, Fox ignored the news (except for Ingraham, who attacked the FDA): mediamatters.org/coronavirus-co…
Fox then moved on to turning masks into a culture war issue, and promoting radiologist guest Scott Atlas until Trump hired him to help run the WH response to the virus. His plan is herd immunity, which... seems bad. mediamatters.org/fox-news/scott…
Things got so bad that Rupert Murdoch started leaking to the press that he was disgusted with Trump's handling of the virus, even though he is responsible for it because Trump is listening to his employees. mediamatters.org/coronavirus-co…
Shamefully irresponsible and unbelievably damaging to the public.
Here's what their coverage looked like:
Here's what their coverage looked like:
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