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Fox News Lied As People Died

Hannity. Rush. Dobbs. Ingraham. Pirro. Lahren. Geraldo. They were all in on the act.

Richard Hine
Apr 4, 2020
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As the US death toll from COVID-19 passed 8,000 this first Saturday in April, one of the top trending Twitter topics was: #FoxNewsLiedAsPeopleDied.

It’s a hashtag that reflects the growing recognition of the role Fox News misinformation has played in influencing and parroting Trump’s own lies, feeding the “it’s a hoax” mentality and helping ensure the deadly coronavirus infected the entire nation.

A new video from the Daily Show celebrating “Heroes of the Pandumbic” helped fuel the trend on Twitter.

And each day, new videos continue to emerge that illustrate just how unrelenting the pro-Trump media’s misinformation campaign has been.

CNN’s Andrew Kaczynksi posted a February 25 video in which Kayleigh McEnany, the National Press Secretary for the Trump 2020 campaign told Fox Business, “We will not see diseases like the coronavirus come here.”

Twitter avatar for @KFILEandrew kaczynski🤔 @KFILE
On the same day Larry Kudlow said coronavirus was “contained” on Feb. 25th, Trump’s campaign spox made an even more bold claim. “We will not see diseases like the coronavirus come here..and isn't it refreshing when contrasting it with the awful presidency of President Obama."
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April 4th 2020

9,638 Retweets17,395 Likes

Twitter user @DroopsDr shared a video highlighting the multiple times reality TV star Dr. Drew repeatedly downplayed the threat of COVID-19, a fact he now, like Shameless Sean Hannity tries to deny.

Twitter avatar for @DroopsDrDroopsDr @DroopsDr
Friends don’t let friends trust trust Dr. Just-the-Flu Drew #DrDrew #Covidiot #Medtwitter
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April 3rd 2020

215 Retweets488 Likes

Meanwhile, The Daily Beast is reporting that Fox News executives are “stockpiling attorneys” to prepare for “a pandemic of public-interest lawsuits over misinformation and conspiracy theories dispensed by certain Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network personalities such as Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, and Trish Regan.”

Twitter avatar for @thedailybeastThe Daily Beast @thedailybeast
NEW: Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch are girding for a pandemic of public-interest lawsuits over misinformation and conspiracy theories dispensed by certain Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network personalities over the coronavirus
Fox News Moguls Stockpile Attorneys Against Coronavirus LawsuitsAfter one non-profit org sued the network for pushing coronavirus misinformation, the network is readying to go to war against more such lawsuits.trib.al

April 3rd 2020

2,317 Retweets4,207 Likes

Of course, unlike many Fox News viewers, the aging Rupert Murdoch seems to have avoided contracting the coronavirus because, despite what Fox News was telling viewers, he and his sons knew all along how bad this was going to be.


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MisterB
Apr 6, 2020

Why does anyone waste their time with articles like this. Virtually no substance whatsoever.

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Diane
Apr 5, 2020

The day has come when I can no longer trust ANY news source. Too many special interest groups. Everyone vying for their own agenda. Meanwhile, people are sick or dead. I cannot imagine this much evil exists

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