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

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  1. Aleksander Ulyanov

    Aleksander Ulyanov Well-Known Member

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    THEN sue them.

    They should be the poorest people in Sing Sing, doing specials about the cigarette economy
     
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    Sue China too, but that doesn't excuse Faux one little bit.

    I remember some of their earlier coverage on this. CHINA should sue them, at least the faction of Chinese that was being arrested for saying it WAS a pandemic should.

    Any Rightist who dares criticize Trump is formally expelled from the Party and may "disappear" going by how much media coverage they get.
     
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    Aleksander Ulyanov Well-Known Member

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    How could suing Fox for false reporting be used against leftists?
     
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    Can't make stuff like this up. ^^^
     
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    False reporting of what ???
     
  6. Aleksander Ulyanov

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    Of anything. How can suing Fox for its false reporting be a tactic used against leftists in the future
     
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    Another on the list of most ridiculous OP's on PF forum.
     
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    That's exactly right. It's not Trump influencing whatever Fox says, it's the other way around and specifically what Sean Hannity tells Trump to do. That's right, I said it out loud. Sean Hannity has been manipulating Trump all this time. Oh sure, Trump has other negative influences close to him in the White House like Stephen Miller and Jared Kushner, but it's Sean Hannity that has been moving the chess pieces.
     
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    Every time I see that avatar and what's attached to it via comments, I can only think of one word, 'blasphemy'.
     
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    So you have no examples of false reporting ??
     
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    And the relevance of this to coronavirus is... what exactly?
     
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    Warnings of what?
     
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    Simply referring to your avatar.
     
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    And the relevance of this to my avatar is... what exactly?
     
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    Please provide a citation for a "frivolous" lawsuit filed by Trump.
     
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    You should watch the news, read some newspapers, etc. Get some information and then formulate solid opinions.
     
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    No outrage at American leaders who said this would go away by April? That we had it contained?
     
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    True, but the funny thing is that neither trump nor hannity even knows he's doing it. It's like a tragic buffoon feedback loop.
     
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    For anyone who cares, it is KNOWINGLY false, AGENDIZED reporting, that is actionable. NOT unintentionally being wrong.
     
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    I can give you several examples of how Fox misled, not lied, but misled the public regarding coronavirus. Are you ready?

    Sean Hannity reassured the Fox viewers when he said "If you are over the mass hysteria, if you're over politicizing and weaponizing of the coronavirus, you are not alone". Okay? So this is one example where he was telling viewers just like you that the left was politicizing and weaponizing the coronavirus. They were not.

    Many times on Fox, multiple hosts like Jessie Watters and Tucker Carlson pointed to the death toll of the seasonal flu, which mislead you and others into thinking that the coronavirus was receiving far more attention only because it was new, while the ordinary flu "in facts kills more Americans, and was more dangerous and more cause for alarm than Covid-19. This was an ongoing 'discussion' right here in this forum for weeks, and you know it. That's just another example of how Fox misled their viewers.

    A significant part of Fox's news coverage framed the mainstream media response to coronavirus as nothing more than unwarranted hysteria. They clearly sent a dismissive message and was particularly dangerous for Fox viewers who are made up of an older audience and thus most vulnerable to coronavirus.

    Finally, on March 12th, just one day after Trump's speech, Sean Hannity finally acknowledged that the virus poses "a lot of serious risks and a lot of serious challenges." Well hell yeah it does and this is two full months after Trump was made aware of the seriousness of this epidemic which then became pandemic. Hannity knew that comparing coronavirus to the flu was a misleading comparison because the night before on his program Dr. Fauci, told him on his show that the coronavirus is at least 10-times more lethal than influenza.

    Now Fox is on a whole new page claiming that democrats are only weaponizing the pandemic to impeach Trump. Oh yeah, admit it --- you've already heard that on Fox, I'd bet my life on it.
     
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    You have nothing as expected. Hannity and Carlson have opinion shows. And you provided no examples of how the news shows lied about the Corona virus.

    All I’ve on Fox is that Adam Schiff is planning a COVID 19 Commission.
     
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    Look it up!
     
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    If you find all of that documented evidence as to the ways that Fox Network deceived you and millions others, then you're most certainly encrusted in the Trump bubble and there's no helping you. Goodbye, good luck.
     
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    More proof of how Fox and the Right Wing Media are stoking fear and having their craziest advocates taking matters into their own hands.

    Dr Fauci has had to get armed security because of the threats leveled against him, and just yesterday, a dock worker tried to ram the USNS Mercy with a train locomotive!

    The crazies, thanks to Trumpism, are coming out.

    Better Brace Yourself. Things Will Get Worse Before They Get Better.
     
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    More nothing. BTW if you to learn the latest on the chloroquine successes tune in to Tucker and Laura every night.
     

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