Donald Trump initially downplayed coronavirus. Fox News followed suit
4 years, 8 months ago

Donald Trump initially downplayed coronavirus. Fox News followed suit

ABC  

On March 1 this year, a Brooklyn bar owner named Joe Joyce set sail for Spain on a cruise ship with his wife, Jane. Fox News host Sean Hannity, who has a close relationship with Donald Trump, initially called coronavirus a "hoax". As late as March 9, opinion host Sean Hannity, who fronts the most-watched cable news show on American television, was using the word "hoax" to describe it. Pseudo scientists serve as frequent Fox News guests Trump has Anthony Fauci, one of the world's foremost infectious disease experts, advising him. Fox's role in coronavirus may feature in the halls of history When it comes to lively debate, fierce opinion and audience pulling power, Fox News remains the undisputed champion of cable television.

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Trump talks up his transition and election victory as he receives Fox Nation award
1 month ago

Trump talks up his transition and election victory as he receives Fox Nation award

Associated Press  

GREENVALE, N.Y. — Not yet even in office, Donald Trump said Thursday he’s already accomplished more than President Joe Biden did in his entire term, an outsized claim by the president-elect just a month out from the election. Trump, who has been largely ensconced at his Mar-a-Lago club in recent weeks as he’s worked to staff his new administration, made …

Trump's brain drain: Fox News personalities tapped to become America's next top scientists, doctors
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump's brain drain: Fox News personalities tapped to become America's next top scientists, doctors

Salon  

A couple of days after the election this year I wrote that I thought a lot of the anti-incumbent movement these past couple of years had to do with unprocessed trauma from the global pandemic. It appears that Trump is intent on stacking the nation's most important health agencies with people who are hostile to modern public health science and …

Trump Names Fox News Contributor Nesheiwat As Surgeon General
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump Names Fox News Contributor Nesheiwat As Surgeon General

Live Mint  

President-elect Donald Trump said he was naming Fox News medical contributor Janette Nesheiwat as his surgeon general, elevating another personality from the conservative network to a top role in his incoming administration. “She is committed to ensuring that Americans have access to affordable, quality healthcare, and believes in empowering individuals to take charge of their health to live longer, healthier …

Fox News flips on Donald Trump during Jan. 6 hearings
2 years, 6 months ago

Fox News flips on Donald Trump during Jan. 6 hearings

Raw Story  

After spending more than a year promoting Donald Trump's baseless claims of election fraud, Fox News appears to be changing its tune as the January 6 committee presents increasingly damning evidence of the former president's complicity in the Capitol riot. Roughly a week later, Fox News host Martha MacCallum, who at one point called the Capitol riot "a huge victory," …

Fox News flips on Donald Trump during Jan. 6 hearings
2 years, 6 months ago

Fox News flips on Donald Trump during Jan. 6 hearings

Salon  

After spending more than a year promoting Donald Trump's baseless claims of election fraud, Fox News appears to be changing its tune as the January 6 committee presents increasingly damning evidence of the former president's complicity in the Capitol riot. Roughly a week later, Fox News host Martha MacCallum, who at one point called the Capitol riot "a huge victory," …

TV Hosts Confront Trump Advisers On President's Smear Against Doctors
4 years, 2 months ago

TV Hosts Confront Trump Advisers On President's Smear Against Doctors

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Donald Trump’s campaign advisers on Sunday faced tough questions from political talk show hosts about the president’s unsubstantiated claim that doctors are being paid to inflate the number of COVID-19 deaths. So what they do is, they say, ‘I’m sorry, but everybody dies of COVID.’” “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace confronted Trump campaign adviser Corey …

On Fox News, Trump gives made-for-TV update on his health
4 years, 3 months ago

On Fox News, Trump gives made-for-TV update on his health

LA Times  

President Trump appeared on Fox News Friday evening for his first on-camera television interview since announcing last week that he’d tested positive for COVID-19. The event: a made-for-TV “medical exam” by the network’s resident medical expert, Dr. Marc Siegel, during “Tucker Carlson Tonight.” “This is not officially a tele-visit,” said Siegel, an associate professor of medicine at NYU Langone Health …

Doctors Upbeat On Trump's Condition But Provide Contradictory Information
4 years, 3 months ago

Doctors Upbeat On Trump's Condition But Provide Contradictory Information

NPR  

Doctors Upbeat On Trump's Condition But Provide Contradictory Information Enlarge this image toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Updated a 2:40 a.m. In a Sunday media briefing, Trump's physician, Dr. Sean Conley, said his patient "has continued to improve." When asked whether any signs of pneumonia are apparent on the president's X-rays and scans, …

Trump uses pandemic virus briefing to air laudatory video
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump uses pandemic virus briefing to air laudatory video

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday used the daily White House briefing to air a taxpayer-funded promotional video praising his own handling of the coronavirus outbreak and slamming his critics and the press. He sought to clarify his previous comments, saying that “hypothetical questions sometimes can get you into some difficulty” and that he did not intend to imply …

Trump retweets call to fire Fauci amid coronavirus criticism
4 years, 8 months ago

Trump retweets call to fire Fauci amid coronavirus criticism

CNN  

Washington CNN — President Donald Trump fueled more speculation about the future of Dr. Anthony Fauci on Sunday, retweeting a conservative who called for the top infectious disease specialist to be fired after he said in a CNN interview more could have been done to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Trump said his retweet doesn’t matter, and the tweet was …

The Trump-Fox News feedback loop now going after Andrew Cuomo and Dr. Anthony Fauci
4 years, 9 months ago

The Trump-Fox News feedback loop now going after Andrew Cuomo and Dr. Anthony Fauci

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is the host of SiriusXM radio’s daily program “The Dean Obeidallah Show” and a columnist for The Daily Beast. Trump’s chief cheerleader Sean Hannity, on his February 27 show, did note that the “rapid spread” of the coronavirus was “concerning.” But Hannity gave his political spin, slamming “some on the left” for “literally …

Trump in crisis mode uses Hannity interview to attack media and Democratic governors
4 years, 9 months ago

Trump in crisis mode uses Hannity interview to attack media and Democratic governors

CNN  

New York CNN Business — President Trump’s media allies and social media attack dogs are deflecting criticism of the federal government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic by giving viewers and Twitterers other targets of ire. On Friday, Trump’s re-election campaign promoted anti-Biden messages on social media, including an image that said, in all-caps, “Biden left the federal stockpile of N95 …

Murdoch family took serious precautions against coronavirus as Fox News downplayed risk to public
4 years, 9 months ago

Murdoch family took serious precautions against coronavirus as Fox News downplayed risk to public

Salon  

The Murdoch family, which owns Fox News, took precautions against the new coronavirus as the network's hosts downplayed the risk posed by the pandemic on TV. The family abruptly canceled Fox News Chairman Rupert Murdoch's 89th birthday party at his California estate on March 8 "out of concern for the patriarch's health," according to The New York Times' Ben Smith. …

Fox News opinion stars adjust their tone on virus
4 years, 9 months ago

Fox News opinion stars adjust their tone on virus

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Fox News Channel’s influential prime-time lineup is starting to reflect the changed realities of the coronavirus outbreak, without embracing old enemies. The sister channel Fox Business Network last Friday shelved a prime-time program hosted by Trish Regan, days after she suggested criticism directed at Trump for his coronavirus response was “yet another attempt to impeach the president.” …

Right-Wing Media’s Coronavirus Response: Sycophancy, Racism And Misinformation
4 years, 9 months ago

Right-Wing Media’s Coronavirus Response: Sycophancy, Racism And Misinformation

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Right-wing media outlets and pundits spent weeks dangerously minimizing the severity of the coronavirus and claiming that accurate reports on the outbreak were part of a liberal conspiracy to defame President Donald Trump. Fox News host Sean Hannity claimed that Trump had been on top of the virus “from day one” and “no president has ever done …

How Fox News misled viewers about the coronavirus
4 years, 9 months ago

How Fox News misled viewers about the coronavirus

CNN  

New York CNN Business — As the coronavirus pandemic gripped the country over the last several weeks, television viewers — especially those supportive of President Donald Trump —- had one place they could go to for some sense of solace: Fox News. “Many in the liberal media using – and I mean using – coronavirus in an attempt to demonize …

Trump makes spurious claims about coronavirus in phone call with Sean Hannity
4 years, 10 months ago

Trump makes spurious claims about coronavirus in phone call with Sean Hannity

CNN  

New York CNN Business — A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. In a phoner with Hannity on Wednesday night, Trump reacted to the World Health Organization’s data-driven assessment of the global death rate for the novel coronavirus — 3.4% — by saying “I think the 3.4% is really a false number.” “Now, this is …

Fox News hosts accuse Democrats and journalists of ‘weaponizing’ coronavirus to attack Trump
4 years, 10 months ago

Fox News hosts accuse Democrats and journalists of ‘weaponizing’ coronavirus to attack Trump

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Some of President Donald Trump’s most ardent supporters in media have downplayed concerns about the novel coronavirus this week and misled their audiences by telling them that news organizations and members of the Democratic Party are weaponizing fear in a bid to hurt the President’s re-election efforts. On Thursday’s “Fox & Friends,” one of Trump’s …

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