Please don’t watch two clips on Twitter and decide that Fox has drastically changed its covid coverage. These are all from yesterday too.
I feel pretty confident that there was not, in fact, a memo that went out telling fox hosts to be more responsible that they all decided to follow.
jfc
Here are some screenshots from the program before Sean Hannity's viral vaccine monologue last night.
Here are some screenshots from the program after Sean Hannity's viral vaccine monologue last night.
And here's a screenshot from the SAME SEGMENT as Sean Hannity's viral vaccine monologue last night.

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21 Jul
NEW: Fox News ran nearly 80 segments on purported “critical race theory” in a single Virginia school district from March through June.

Their coverage of Loudoun County’s schools consumed 4 ½ hours of airtime: mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox-n…
Throw in Fox’s coverage of “critical race theory” in other Virginia schools (mainly Fairfax) and its 98 segments and nearly 5 1/2 hours of coverage (!).

Why so much Loudoun coverage? Part of it is that Virginia has a gubernatorial race this fall, the GOP candidate is trying to make “critical race theory” a major issue, and Fox is eager to help. But there’s another element...
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21 Jul
Democrat in the White House means it’s time to threaten to torpedo the economy again.
Every time they threaten to do this Dems should mint another trillion dollar coin.
Anyway McConnell seems to be saying that no Republicans will even vote for cloture on this one.
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What a pitiful human being. He could encourage his viewers to get vaccinated and reduce their risk of serious illness or death, but he does this instead. time.com/6080432/tucker…
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The philosophy of liberal self-actualization through work was a mistake.
Wealthy, elderly leader retire, travel, play with your grandchildren, and otherwise enjoy your golden years challenge.
Breyer has a reported net work of $6.67 million to $17.2 million. yahoo.com/now/rbg-chief-…

If he retires, he gets a pension equal to his current salary for life. cnbc.com/2018/07/10/how…
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Republican leaders spent decades telling their supporters to ignore the mainstream press and patronize the avowed ideological media they created in its place. They succeeded. That right-wing media is opposed to or apathetic about the vaccine, even if it kills their audience.
Conservative vaccine hesitance is evidence of the victory of the GOP media project. Their supporters are in a bubble of right-wing social media, radio, digital, and TV, none of whom carry a message that getting vaccinated is a good idea.
These are all from the last few days. That's the message conservatives get from the TV hosts they've been told they should trust. Mission accomplished.
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Fox hosts are relentlessly attacking the vaccination campaign against the coronavirus. Their nightly effort to delegitimize the vaccines is a big problem. mediamatters.org/fox-news/foxs-…
The vaccines are miraculously safe and effective against the virus and its variants. But if you watch Fox, you hear a stream of stories about how they may not work and may kill you if you take them, along with aggrieved rants about the Biden administration effort.
It didn't have to be this way. It’s easy to imagine a world in which Fox hosts relentlessly talked up how Donald Trump had made the vaccines possible and how if viewers got vaccinated, the dreaded masks and lockdowns would be gone forever.
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