Fox News Fears Its Early Downplaying of Coronavirus Could Lead to Lawsuits

Who knew that partisan politics coming from the right could actually be pouring gasoline on a this fire and cause many more people to become infected and subsequently contagious? That's a rhetorical question. Of course the majority of us knew that the pro-Trump marching band over at Fox would lead his supporters down a path that's dangerous for all of us.

 

How could a 'reaction' be a hoax? That just doesn't make any sense at all. A 'reaction' is a response or a reply. A response isn't a joke or a prank, it's a reaction.

"This is their new hoax". You can't just arbitrarily make up new meanings for words or phrases that he said what he said and neither you or Trump can remove our collective memories of his own words at that rally with his subjugates. Clearly his intention was to convince the people at his rally the impression that democrats were only hyping the epidemic more than necessary, that it was only a prank or deception on their part.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/mar/17/fox-news-coronavirus-outbreak-trump
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'We have a responsibility': Fox News declares coronavirus a crisis in abrupt U-turn
Hosts encourage viewers to practice social distancing after weeks of downplaying the pandemic as an attack on the president

Fox News, the rightwing channel that is a favorite of Donald Trump and conservatives across the US, spent the first weeks of the Covid-19 outbreak downplaying the threat of the virus.

Hosts often claimed that those warning of the danger were “panic pushers”, or engaged in “mass hysteria”. Some on Fox News even claimed it was all an effort to try to bring down the president.

But in recent days Fox News has performed an abrupt U-turn, and declared coronavirus a crisis.


Fox News accused of downplaying coronavirus as it moves to protect staff
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On Tuesday, the three hosts of Fox & Friends, Fox News’ flagship morning program and a known favorite of Trump, co-hosted the show while practising social distancing, appearing on a split screen instead of their usual format of sitting together on a couch.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2...ying-coronavirus-as-it-moves-to-protect-staff
Fox News, the conservative cable TV network, has been accused of downplaying the threat of the coronavirus to its viewers while at the same time taking measures to protect its own staff from the outbreak’s threat.

Kurt Bardella, a former congressional spokesman, said: “They’re not just downplaying it. They’ve been putting out deliberate misinformation that’s harmful to the public welfare. Fox News has really reached an all-time low in how they’ve covered the coronavirus. The majority of their marquee prime-time talent has been more concerned about carrying water for Trump than the public good.”

 

CNN and MSNBC didn’t cover the virus at all until after impeachment.

Impeachment delayed our response to the virus. It consumed Washington.

 

Why? By DEFINITION that was a hoax!

 

Are you actually under the impression that hoax means "a joke or prank?"

Which rally are you talking about?

 

Yes, I 'actually' know what the definition of a 'hoax' is, maybe you should google words more often.
hoax
noun
Definition of hoax (Entry 2 of 2)
1 : an act intended to trick or dupe : imposture the victim of a cruel hoax
Synonyms & Antonyms for hoax
Synonyms: Verb

• bamboozle,
• beguile,
• bluff,
• buffalo,
• burn,
• catch,
• con,
• cozen,
• deceive,
• delude,
• dupe,
• fake out,
• fool,
• gaff,
• gammon,
• gull,
• have,
• have on
• [chiefly British],
• hoodwink,
• hornswoggle,
• humbug,
• juggle,
• misguide,
• misinform,
• mislead,
• snooker,
• snow,
• spoof,
• string along,
• suck in,
• sucker,
• take in,
• trick

Synonyms: Noun

• counterfeit,
• fake,
• forgery,
• humbug,
• phony
• (also phony),
• sham

THIS RALLY:

 

GArbage, had the Republican NOT circled their wagons in ignorance, we would have PENSE now, instead, and SURELY you can see, and MUST agree, that he would NOT be calling this all a hoax, to get TRUMP. That self involvement, is TRUMP, and TRUMP alone.

So you see, if we didn't have TRump to kick around anymore, we would be MILES ahead. BLAME YOSELVES.

 

It is utterly absurd to pretend that the impeachment did anything to alter Trump's ability to respond to this virus.

And that's before you take into account the fact that impeachment was completely over by February 5th.

Trump was claiming that everyone who needs a test can get a test, which was and is still a lie, on March 12th.

 

The impeachment in the House occurred on Dec. 18th. Nobody was even aware of the virus outbreak until after January 8th. It's impossible to cover a virus that's not known until after it is, right?

No, you cannot lay the blame of Trump's ignorance of this virus epidemic on the impeachment of Trump by the House.

 

Impeachment was the only thing going on in Washington until the second week in February. That put us behind the eight ball.

 

Impeachment was partisan, idiotic, foolish, and a waste of time.

 

Actually there was wide underestimation of this virus - see NYT:

 

What was the "Democratic REACTION"? How can a reaction be a hoax?

 

till when?

 

Neither of those opinion articles are wrong or contradictory.

 

Can't what someone says be a hoax?

 

It can be correct or incorrect. IF it is an opinion, of a claim, it is still an opinion. A hoax is a claim, not an opinion.

 

Exactly. And Democrats and their propaganda arm (AKA, left wing media) CLAIMED that Trump not taking it seriously has directly led to dead people. HOAX!

 

NOPE, that is an opinion, even if a fact. Somone elses state of mind, can only be an opinion, even if true.

 

More recently than you might think.

FiveThirtyEight gave a very nice data filled summary on why modeling this thing has been so difficult.

Experts polled two weeks ago badly underestimated how many U.S. coronavirus infections there would be now.

One professor at Wharton did check, using data collected from a survey of epidemiological experts conducted two weeks ago and published at FiveThirtyEight. The question was asked on March 16-17: How many U.S. cases of COVID-19 will the CDC report on March 29?

Then after March 29, their answers were checked:



They lowballed its growth over two weeks by SIX TIMES! So we can all stand around and point fingers at each other, but this damn thing has been difficult to predict.

When the experts were asked a week later, on March 23-24, to once again forecast the number of cases as of March 29, they came much closer to the mark.



And that's only looking ahead a week. They still lowballed it, but 117k is a lot closer to 123k than 20k! In seven days they upped their infected count by nearly 6 times. So, to answer your original question, until about 10 days ago.

It’s tantamount to trying to solve the equation “x + y = z” where you don’t know have reliable values for x, y, or z.

 

Someone needs to buy you a dictionary.

 

This is EXACTLY RIGHT everyone underestimated this from the WHO to every expert and Dem on this board in Jan. Blue Red doesn't matter to anyone expect partisan hacks that have Trump ingrained in their head to the point they put politics ahead of mankind. I on the other hand have praised Cuomo on this board, he's done a fabulous job after his subway fumble early on. I don't give a **** who NY votes for I care for their people. America is now leading the way in a lot of innovation and medical break throughs that will eventually whip this viruses ass. Our healthcare system has the most and brightest and we will win.

 

I have suspected for quite some time that Trumpers share a hive mind. Are you confirming this?

 

Trump put us behind the eight-ball, no excuses for that. But of course he doesn't take responsibility for anything.