THANK YOU CNN, NBC, MSM general; W/O you Trump would cover this virus up and let us just be sick

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Without the courage of the “mainstream media” speaking truth to power, this pandemic may have been censored to Americans. Sure it wasnt Trumps fault it happened, I admit that in fairness, and he probably couldn’t have done too much to change how its gone.

But he would have covered it all up to not cause the crisis. He would’ve just let us all be sick and say “Its just flu season” and we probably wouldn’t have even known the difference.

THANK YOU to everyone at CNN, MSNBC, NBC, CBS, ABC for leading us in this crisis

Yes, thank you media for causing mass panic so when normal people goto the store they find this....

 

[BluesLegend]

go hide under your bed covers snowflake, its just the flu.

Fox News is downplaying the risk of coronavirus. That could get people killed.
Fox News is downplaying the risk of coronavirus. That could get people killed.

As coronavirus continues to spread around the globe, with over 113,000 cases worldwide and a global death count of over 4,000, Fox News is continuing to downplay the severity, accusing Democrats and the media of purposefully fearmongering in order to hurt President Donald Trump’s reelection chances.

From the moment coronavirus became the dominant news story, right-wing conspiracy theories and narratives began to come out about the origins of the virus and other aspects of its spread. Fox News in particular has tried to minimize the risk posed by coronavirus, in an effort to shield Trump from any political backlash.

Given Trump’s tendency to make decisions based on what he sees on Fox, and Fox’s older viewer base -- a population most at risk of adverse reactions to the virus -- the network’s efforts to downplay the risk of coronavirus are dangerous.

And it’s possible that the impact of Fox’s coverage is already being felt. A Reuters/Ipsos poll found that Americans are divided on party lines over the risk from coronavirus -- Democrats are about twice as likely as Republicans to say that the virus poses an imminent threat to the United States. Here are some of the ways Fox has downplayed the coronavirus or misrepresented responses to the outbreak:

• Fox prime-time host Sean Hannity claimed people are faking concern about coronavirus just to “bludgeon Trump with this new hoax.”
  
  
• On her Saturday night show, Fox host Jeanine Pirro downplayed the possibility that the coronavirus is more deadly than the flu, arguing that “that’s only because there’s a flu vaccine” and if not for the vaccine, “the flu would be a pandemic.” Pirro somehow drew the conclusion that this means that “the talk about coronavirus being so much more deadly [than the flu] doesn’t reflect reality.”
  
  
• Fox host Pete Hegseth downplayed the impact of coronavirus: “I feel like the more I learn about this, the less there is to worry about.”
  
  
• On Hannity, Fox News medical correspondent Marc Siegel said that the “worst case scenario” with coronavirus is that “it could be the flu.”
  
  
• In a fearmongering, over-the-top opening monologue, Fox Business host Trish Regan claimed coronavirus is “yet another attempt to impeach the president” as “the chorus of hate being leveled at the president is nearing a crescendo.”
  
  
• Fox Business host Lou Dobbs reported that coronavirus “has now infected 113,000 people … in 111 countries and territories around the world” and, in nearly the same breath, claimed that “the national left-wing media [are] playing up fears of the coronavirus.”
  
  
• On Lou Dobbs Tonight, Siegel dismissed the World Health Organization as “overly political” and “incompetent,” arguing that coronavirus is being politicized to attack Trump.
  
  
• Fox host Jesse Watters argued that “the power of positive thinking” can beat coronavirus. Watters then patted himself on the back for sitting next to an Asian man on the subway without harassing him before going home and eating Chinese food.
  
  
• Hannity tried to deflect from coronavirus by lying about former President Barack Obama’s response to H1N1, commonly known as swine flu, in 2009.
  
  
• Fox host Neil Cavuto hosted a passenger who was on a cruise ship that saw multiple people died from coronavirus, who told Cavuto that the disease is overhyped because he and his wife were not symptomatic.
  
  
• Fox & Friends Weekend gave credence to Trump’s suggestion that the reaction to coronavirus is part of a broader hoax. On the show, Fox Business host Stuart Varney said that the response had been “one thing after another to denigrate and slime our president.”
  
  
• On Fox & Friends, Varney claimed that diverting money away from Trump’s border wall to combat coronavirus will only “[drum] up some panic.”
  
  
• Fox News personalities have relentlessly tried to pivot the conversation away from the potential dangers of coronavirus and the Trump administration’s mishandling of the virus by attacking Democrats and the media.
  
  
• Fox anchor Harris Faulkner suggested that criticizing the administration’s response is “feeding hysteria.”
  
  
• America’s Newsroom co-anchor Sandra Smith said that there’s “speculation [coronavirus] could get worse,” but she added that “some say, like the president, it could miraculously disappear.” (The CDC has appeared to contradict this claim, and there’s no concrete evidence to support Trump’s idea that the virus will “miraculously” disappear.)
  
  
• Speaking to Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), America’s Newsroom co-anchor Ed Henry noted that two people have died in Florida so far, but he added that “both of those residents were elderly and had traveled internationally. So when you hear the context, it is not quite as scary.”
  
  
• Fox Business host Charles Payne dismissed coronavirus’s impact because “last week Broadway attendance went up” and “movie receipts were normal.” Payne warned that “we don’t need to talk ourselves into a recession or let anyone else with ulterior motives talk us into a recession.”
  
  
• On America’s Newsroom, Payne suggested that people “take advantage” of plunging gas prices and “go somewhere.”
  
  
• Fox prime-time host Laura Ingraham commented that the “panic pushers” in the media “went into overdrive” before berating members of the media for expressing concern.
  
  
• In another edition of her show, Ingraham argued that China is using coronavirus to “hurt Trump in his reelection.”
  
  
• In February, Fox prime-time host Tucker Carlson blamed “diversity” and “wokeness” for the spread of coronavirus, declaring that “identity politics trumped public health” and “they would let you die before they admitted that diversity is not our strength.” Later, Carlson chastised members of the media who he said “have spent weeks minimizing what is clearly a very serious problem.”
  
  
• On The Ingraham Angle, Fox guest Dr. Ramin Oskoui dismissed the Centers for Disease Control as “highly politicized” because of “how they’ve acted on gun control.”

Nobody has time to read your manifesto, shorten this.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

To whoever laughed at my post, this isnt funny. Thank God for freedom of the press or we’d be in the dark on the truth.

The president's job never entailed narrating the nightly news.
Your TDS seems to be flairing up again. I'd tell you to seek medical attention but thanks to the media all the doctors are overwhelmed with diagnosing the common cold/flu and they don't have time to see you.

 

[eagle1462010]

Without the courage of the “mainstream media” speaking truth to power, this pandemic may have been censored to Americans. Sure it wasnt Trumps fault it happened, I admit that in fairness, and he probably couldn’t have done too much to change how its gone.

But he would have covered it all up to not cause the crisis. He would’ve just let us all be sick and say “Its just flu season” and we probably wouldn’t have even known the difference.

THANK YOU to everyone at CNN, MSNBC, NBC, CBS, ABC for leading us in this crisis

I had to look at who the trumpscum are who think this is funny

Let's clear this up.

If I had a choice.........to be locked in a elevator and listen to people like you..........OR.........get the virus.....

I'd CHOOSE THE VIRUS.............I'd have a 100% chance of escaping your stupidity........and a 99% chance of surviving the virus.

I LIKE THOSE ODDS.

 

[ZZ PUPPS]

Time to update your Last Will and Testament, like Pupps did.

 

[Jitss617]

Without the courage of the “mainstream media” speaking truth to power, this pandemic may have been censored to Americans. Sure it wasnt Trumps fault it happened, I admit that in fairness, and he probably couldn’t have done too much to change how its gone.

But he would have covered it all up to not cause the crisis. He would’ve just let us all be sick and say “Its just flu season” and we probably wouldn’t have even known the difference.

THANK YOU to everyone at CNN, MSNBC, NBC, CBS, ABC for leading us in this crisis

There is help for you to get TDS treated, watch real news fox.. your welcome

Couldnt have done much? Howbout being prepared?

Just watch fox:
this whole virus thing is just a plot to impeach Trump.

 

[BluesLegend]

Without the courage of the “mainstream media” speaking truth to power, this pandemic may have been censored to Americans. Sure it wasnt Trumps fault it happened, I admit that in fairness, and he probably couldn’t have done too much to change how its gone.

But he would have covered it all up to not cause the crisis. He would’ve just let us all be sick and say “Its just flu season” and we probably wouldn’t have even known the difference.

THANK YOU to everyone at CNN, MSNBC, NBC, CBS, ABC for leading us in this crisis

Yes, thank you media for causing mass panic so when normal people goto the store they find this....

View attachment 312599

The four major stores in my area were SOLD OUT Friday. I stumbled upon Walmart stocking some Charmin toilet paper to the shelf, they were all gone before I left the isle. People were freaking out. lol

 

[JGalt]

Without the courage of the “mainstream media” speaking truth to power, this pandemic may have been censored to Americans. Sure it wasnt Trumps fault it happened, I admit that in fairness, and he probably couldn’t have done too much to change how its gone.

But he would have covered it all up to not cause the crisis. He would’ve just let us all be sick and say “Its just flu season” and we probably wouldn’t have even known the difference.

THANK YOU to everyone at CNN, MSNBC, NBC, CBS, ABC for leading us in this crisis

I had to look at who the trumpscum are who think this is funny

Let's clear this up.

If I had a choice.........to be locked in a elevator and listen to people like you..........OR.........get the virus.....

I'd CHOOSE THE VIRUS.............I'd have a 100% chance of escaping your stupidity........and a 99% chance of surviving the virus.

I LIKE THOSE ODDS.

Personally, I'd take comfort in knowing that I infected those yapping liberals in the elevator with me.

But that's just the kind of asshole I am.

 

[toobfreak]

To whoever laughed at my post, this isnt funny. Thank God for freedom of the press or we’d be in the dark on the truth.

WE are laughing AT you, you pathetic, trolling bitch. This worthless, puerile, pointless, incendiary thread has no basis in reality or fact whatsoever. You're so disconnected, you even disprove and admit your own claims are wrong!

The lame stream media is lying out of their collective asses.. These fools created a panic where there shouldn't be one.

Agreed. I've lived through the Mumps, the Measles, Swine Flu, Ziki flu, Ebola, Anthrax, West Nile, SARS, Bird flu, and the end of the Mayan calendar and when all the computer clocks were going to stop because they couldn't do the year 2000.

But up until now, I've never seen normal, ordinary people act like total, complete selfish asses over essentially nothing. The need for an assault rifle is clear now: can you imagine if there actually WAS a crisis where there was no money, no food, martial law and real panic? Assholes would be trying to break into your house because you had the last roll of TP on the street!

What next, will we have to stand in line for TP at some military drop shipment with National Guard protecting the supply?

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

To whoever laughed at my post, this isnt funny. Thank God for freedom of the press or we’d be in the dark on the truth.

Truth or narrative? I think we get equal amounts of both. They all seem to follow the same one. As if...they are directed somehow.
There is one homogeneous media. Any alternatives to that homogeneity are discounted as "conspiracy", by that monolith.
So, are you REALLY getting the truth? Maybe...a version of it...across the board...but most certainly not the whole truth.

There is one homogeneous media.

Where there was the USSR, Communist Russia, PRAVDA was the only station you got for your news, and guess what? Sounded just like Mika in this video.

 

[Billy_Bob]

go hide under your bed covers snowflake, its just the flu.

Fox News is downplaying the risk of coronavirus. That could get people killed.
Fox News is downplaying the risk of coronavirus. That could get people killed.

As coronavirus continues to spread around the globe, with over 113,000 cases worldwide and a global death count of over 4,000, Fox News is continuing to downplay the severity, accusing Democrats and the media of purposefully fearmongering in order to hurt President Donald Trump’s reelection chances.

From the moment coronavirus became the dominant news story, right-wing conspiracy theories and narratives began to come out about the origins of the virus and other aspects of its spread. Fox News in particular has tried to minimize the risk posed by coronavirus, in an effort to shield Trump from any political backlash.

Given Trump’s tendency to make decisions based on what he sees on Fox, and Fox’s older viewer base -- a population most at risk of adverse reactions to the virus -- the network’s efforts to downplay the risk of coronavirus are dangerous.

And it’s possible that the impact of Fox’s coverage is already being felt. A Reuters/Ipsos poll found that Americans are divided on party lines over the risk from coronavirus -- Democrats are about twice as likely as Republicans to say that the virus poses an imminent threat to the United States. Here are some of the ways Fox has downplayed the coronavirus or misrepresented responses to the outbreak:

• Fox prime-time host Sean Hannity claimed people are faking concern about coronavirus just to “bludgeon Trump with this new hoax.”
  
  
• On her Saturday night show, Fox host Jeanine Pirro downplayed the possibility that the coronavirus is more deadly than the flu, arguing that “that’s only because there’s a flu vaccine” and if not for the vaccine, “the flu would be a pandemic.” Pirro somehow drew the conclusion that this means that “the talk about coronavirus being so much more deadly [than the flu] doesn’t reflect reality.”
  
  
• Fox host Pete Hegseth downplayed the impact of coronavirus: “I feel like the more I learn about this, the less there is to worry about.”
  
  
• On Hannity, Fox News medical correspondent Marc Siegel said that the “worst case scenario” with coronavirus is that “it could be the flu.”
  
  
• In a fearmongering, over-the-top opening monologue, Fox Business host Trish Regan claimed coronavirus is “yet another attempt to impeach the president” as “the chorus of hate being leveled at the president is nearing a crescendo.”
  
  
• Fox Business host Lou Dobbs reported that coronavirus “has now infected 113,000 people … in 111 countries and territories around the world” and, in nearly the same breath, claimed that “the national left-wing media [are] playing up fears of the coronavirus.”
  
  
• On Lou Dobbs Tonight, Siegel dismissed the World Health Organization as “overly political” and “incompetent,” arguing that coronavirus is being politicized to attack Trump.
  
  
• Fox host Jesse Watters argued that “the power of positive thinking” can beat coronavirus. Watters then patted himself on the back for sitting next to an Asian man on the subway without harassing him before going home and eating Chinese food.
  
  
• Hannity tried to deflect from coronavirus by lying about former President Barack Obama’s response to H1N1, commonly known as swine flu, in 2009.
  
  
• Fox host Neil Cavuto hosted a passenger who was on a cruise ship that saw multiple people died from coronavirus, who told Cavuto that the disease is overhyped because he and his wife were not symptomatic.
  
  
• Fox & Friends Weekend gave credence to Trump’s suggestion that the reaction to coronavirus is part of a broader hoax. On the show, Fox Business host Stuart Varney said that the response had been “one thing after another to denigrate and slime our president.”
  
  
• On Fox & Friends, Varney claimed that diverting money away from Trump’s border wall to combat coronavirus will only “[drum] up some panic.”
  
  
• Fox News personalities have relentlessly tried to pivot the conversation away from the potential dangers of coronavirus and the Trump administration’s mishandling of the virus by attacking Democrats and the media.
  
  
• Fox anchor Harris Faulkner suggested that criticizing the administration’s response is “feeding hysteria.”
  
  
• America’s Newsroom co-anchor Sandra Smith said that there’s “speculation [coronavirus] could get worse,” but she added that “some say, like the president, it could miraculously disappear.” (The CDC has appeared to contradict this claim, and there’s no concrete evidence to support Trump’s idea that the virus will “miraculously” disappear.)
  
  
• Speaking to Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), America’s Newsroom co-anchor Ed Henry noted that two people have died in Florida so far, but he added that “both of those residents were elderly and had traveled internationally. So when you hear the context, it is not quite as scary.”
  
  
• Fox Business host Charles Payne dismissed coronavirus’s impact because “last week Broadway attendance went up” and “movie receipts were normal.” Payne warned that “we don’t need to talk ourselves into a recession or let anyone else with ulterior motives talk us into a recession.”
  
  
• On America’s Newsroom, Payne suggested that people “take advantage” of plunging gas prices and “go somewhere.”
  
  
• Fox prime-time host Laura Ingraham commented that the “panic pushers” in the media “went into overdrive” before berating members of the media for expressing concern.
  
  
• In another edition of her show, Ingraham argued that China is using coronavirus to “hurt Trump in his reelection.”
  
  
• In February, Fox prime-time host Tucker Carlson blamed “diversity” and “wokeness” for the spread of coronavirus, declaring that “identity politics trumped public health” and “they would let you die before they admitted that diversity is not our strength.” Later, Carlson chastised members of the media who he said “have spent weeks minimizing what is clearly a very serious problem.”
  
  
• On The Ingraham Angle, Fox guest Dr. Ramin Oskoui dismissed the Centers for Disease Control as “highly politicized” because of “how they’ve acted on gun control.”

And this is why FOX got it right... The experts told us the virus is not affecting 95% of the populace with any severity and there was no reason to panic. There were targeted populations that needed special attention and that is where the primary response was focused.

Your Lame Stream Media Masters have feed you so much bull shit that if our supply chains were actually broken and everything was not coming in there would be shooting going on. What the LMSM has done is irresponsible. They created a panic to help out their democrat masters.

 

[MindWars]

Without the courage of the “mainstream media” speaking truth to power, this pandemic may have been censored to Americans. Sure it wasnt Trumps fault it happened, I admit that in fairness, and he probably couldn’t have done too much to change how its gone.

But he would have covered it all up to not cause the crisis. He would’ve just let us all be sick and say “Its just flu season” and we probably wouldn’t have even known the difference.

THANK YOU to everyone at CNN, MSNBC, NBC, CBS, ABC for leading us in this crisis

RETARD syndrome in plain view lmfao. the walking tards of america.

LMFAO ur idiots as usual

From Reuters, “As pressure for coronavirus vaccine mounts, scientists debate risks of accelerated testing”:


Wait until you morons linen up for this one..
Tha

To whoever laughed at my post, this isnt funny. Thank God for freedom of the press or we’d be in the dark on the truth.

'''


That depends on who the hell you think your truth is d.a.

RETARD syndrome in plain view lmfao. the walking tards of america.

LMFAO ur idiots as usual

From Reuters, “As pressure for coronavirus vaccine mounts, scientists debate risks of accelerated testing”:


Wait until you morons linen up for this one..

 

[theHawk]

go hide under your bed covers snowflake, its just the flu.

Fox News is downplaying the risk of coronavirus. That could get people killed.
Fox News is downplaying the risk of coronavirus. That could get people killed.

As coronavirus continues to spread around the globe, with over 113,000 cases worldwide and a global death count of over 4,000, Fox News is continuing to downplay the severity, accusing Democrats and the media of purposefully fearmongering in order to hurt President Donald Trump’s reelection chances.

From the moment coronavirus became the dominant news story, right-wing conspiracy theories and narratives began to come out about the origins of the virus and other aspects of its spread. Fox News in particular has tried to minimize the risk posed by coronavirus, in an effort to shield Trump from any political backlash.

Given Trump’s tendency to make decisions based on what he sees on Fox, and Fox’s older viewer base -- a population most at risk of adverse reactions to the virus -- the network’s efforts to downplay the risk of coronavirus are dangerous.

And it’s possible that the impact of Fox’s coverage is already being felt. A Reuters/Ipsos poll found that Americans are divided on party lines over the risk from coronavirus -- Democrats are about twice as likely as Republicans to say that the virus poses an imminent threat to the United States. Here are some of the ways Fox has downplayed the coronavirus or misrepresented responses to the outbreak:

• Fox prime-time host Sean Hannity claimed people are faking concern about coronavirus just to “bludgeon Trump with this new hoax.”
  
  
• On her Saturday night show, Fox host Jeanine Pirro downplayed the possibility that the coronavirus is more deadly than the flu, arguing that “that’s only because there’s a flu vaccine” and if not for the vaccine, “the flu would be a pandemic.” Pirro somehow drew the conclusion that this means that “the talk about coronavirus being so much more deadly [than the flu] doesn’t reflect reality.”
  
  
• Fox host Pete Hegseth downplayed the impact of coronavirus: “I feel like the more I learn about this, the less there is to worry about.”
  
  
• On Hannity, Fox News medical correspondent Marc Siegel said that the “worst case scenario” with coronavirus is that “it could be the flu.”
  
  
• In a fearmongering, over-the-top opening monologue, Fox Business host Trish Regan claimed coronavirus is “yet another attempt to impeach the president” as “the chorus of hate being leveled at the president is nearing a crescendo.”
  
  
• Fox Business host Lou Dobbs reported that coronavirus “has now infected 113,000 people … in 111 countries and territories around the world” and, in nearly the same breath, claimed that “the national left-wing media [are] playing up fears of the coronavirus.”
  
  
• On Lou Dobbs Tonight, Siegel dismissed the World Health Organization as “overly political” and “incompetent,” arguing that coronavirus is being politicized to attack Trump.
  
  
• Fox host Jesse Watters argued that “the power of positive thinking” can beat coronavirus. Watters then patted himself on the back for sitting next to an Asian man on the subway without harassing him before going home and eating Chinese food.
  
  
• Hannity tried to deflect from coronavirus by lying about former President Barack Obama’s response to H1N1, commonly known as swine flu, in 2009.
  
  
• Fox host Neil Cavuto hosted a passenger who was on a cruise ship that saw multiple people died from coronavirus, who told Cavuto that the disease is overhyped because he and his wife were not symptomatic.
  
  
• Fox & Friends Weekend gave credence to Trump’s suggestion that the reaction to coronavirus is part of a broader hoax. On the show, Fox Business host Stuart Varney said that the response had been “one thing after another to denigrate and slime our president.”
  
  
• On Fox & Friends, Varney claimed that diverting money away from Trump’s border wall to combat coronavirus will only “[drum] up some panic.”
  
  
• Fox News personalities have relentlessly tried to pivot the conversation away from the potential dangers of coronavirus and the Trump administration’s mishandling of the virus by attacking Democrats and the media.
  
  
• Fox anchor Harris Faulkner suggested that criticizing the administration’s response is “feeding hysteria.”
  
  
• America’s Newsroom co-anchor Sandra Smith said that there’s “speculation [coronavirus] could get worse,” but she added that “some say, like the president, it could miraculously disappear.” (The CDC has appeared to contradict this claim, and there’s no concrete evidence to support Trump’s idea that the virus will “miraculously” disappear.)
  
  
• Speaking to Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), America’s Newsroom co-anchor Ed Henry noted that two people have died in Florida so far, but he added that “both of those residents were elderly and had traveled internationally. So when you hear the context, it is not quite as scary.”
  
  
• Fox Business host Charles Payne dismissed coronavirus’s impact because “last week Broadway attendance went up” and “movie receipts were normal.” Payne warned that “we don’t need to talk ourselves into a recession or let anyone else with ulterior motives talk us into a recession.”
  
  
• On America’s Newsroom, Payne suggested that people “take advantage” of plunging gas prices and “go somewhere.”
  
  
• Fox prime-time host Laura Ingraham commented that the “panic pushers” in the media “went into overdrive” before berating members of the media for expressing concern.
  
  
• In another edition of her show, Ingraham argued that China is using coronavirus to “hurt Trump in his reelection.”
  
  
• In February, Fox prime-time host Tucker Carlson blamed “diversity” and “wokeness” for the spread of coronavirus, declaring that “identity politics trumped public health” and “they would let you die before they admitted that diversity is not our strength.” Later, Carlson chastised members of the media who he said “have spent weeks minimizing what is clearly a very serious problem.”
  
  
• On The Ingraham Angle, Fox guest Dr. Ramin Oskoui dismissed the Centers for Disease Control as “highly politicized” because of “how they’ve acted on gun control.”

Tucker was covering it while the MSM was focused on the impeachment hoax.

And he is 100% correct, moronic leftwing politicians are more obsessed with “tolerance” and “xenophobia” than actual public health.

For example he pointed out how the mayor of Florence told Italians to go “hug a Chinese person” because “xenophobia is bad”. Wonder how many Italians died because of his woke stupidity. Leftwingers here weren’t any different when they claimed President Trump’s ban on Chinese flights was “racist”.

 

[BluesLegend]

go hide under your bed covers snowflake, its just the flu.

Fox News is downplaying the risk of coronavirus. That could get people killed.
Fox News is downplaying the risk of coronavirus. That could get people killed.

As coronavirus continues to spread around the globe, with over 113,000 cases worldwide and a global death count of over 4,000, Fox News is continuing to downplay the severity, accusing Democrats and the media of purposefully fearmongering in order to hurt President Donald Trump’s reelection chances.

From the moment coronavirus became the dominant news story, right-wing conspiracy theories and narratives began to come out about the origins of the virus and other aspects of its spread. Fox News in particular has tried to minimize the risk posed by coronavirus, in an effort to shield Trump from any political backlash.

Given Trump’s tendency to make decisions based on what he sees on Fox, and Fox’s older viewer base -- a population most at risk of adverse reactions to the virus -- the network’s efforts to downplay the risk of coronavirus are dangerous.

And it’s possible that the impact of Fox’s coverage is already being felt. A Reuters/Ipsos poll found that Americans are divided on party lines over the risk from coronavirus -- Democrats are about twice as likely as Republicans to say that the virus poses an imminent threat to the United States. Here are some of the ways Fox has downplayed the coronavirus or misrepresented responses to the outbreak:

• Fox prime-time host Sean Hannity claimed people are faking concern about coronavirus just to “bludgeon Trump with this new hoax.”
  
  
• On her Saturday night show, Fox host Jeanine Pirro downplayed the possibility that the coronavirus is more deadly than the flu, arguing that “that’s only because there’s a flu vaccine” and if not for the vaccine, “the flu would be a pandemic.” Pirro somehow drew the conclusion that this means that “the talk about coronavirus being so much more deadly [than the flu] doesn’t reflect reality.”
  
  
• Fox host Pete Hegseth downplayed the impact of coronavirus: “I feel like the more I learn about this, the less there is to worry about.”
  
  
• On Hannity, Fox News medical correspondent Marc Siegel said that the “worst case scenario” with coronavirus is that “it could be the flu.”
  
  
• In a fearmongering, over-the-top opening monologue, Fox Business host Trish Regan claimed coronavirus is “yet another attempt to impeach the president” as “the chorus of hate being leveled at the president is nearing a crescendo.”
  
  
• Fox Business host Lou Dobbs reported that coronavirus “has now infected 113,000 people … in 111 countries and territories around the world” and, in nearly the same breath, claimed that “the national left-wing media [are] playing up fears of the coronavirus.”
  
  
• On Lou Dobbs Tonight, Siegel dismissed the World Health Organization as “overly political” and “incompetent,” arguing that coronavirus is being politicized to attack Trump.
  
  
• Fox host Jesse Watters argued that “the power of positive thinking” can beat coronavirus. Watters then patted himself on the back for sitting next to an Asian man on the subway without harassing him before going home and eating Chinese food.
  
  
• Hannity tried to deflect from coronavirus by lying about former President Barack Obama’s response to H1N1, commonly known as swine flu, in 2009.
  
  
• Fox host Neil Cavuto hosted a passenger who was on a cruise ship that saw multiple people died from coronavirus, who told Cavuto that the disease is overhyped because he and his wife were not symptomatic.
  
  
• Fox & Friends Weekend gave credence to Trump’s suggestion that the reaction to coronavirus is part of a broader hoax. On the show, Fox Business host Stuart Varney said that the response had been “one thing after another to denigrate and slime our president.”
  
  
• On Fox & Friends, Varney claimed that diverting money away from Trump’s border wall to combat coronavirus will only “[drum] up some panic.”
  
  
• Fox News personalities have relentlessly tried to pivot the conversation away from the potential dangers of coronavirus and the Trump administration’s mishandling of the virus by attacking Democrats and the media.
  
  
• Fox anchor Harris Faulkner suggested that criticizing the administration’s response is “feeding hysteria.”
  
  
• America’s Newsroom co-anchor Sandra Smith said that there’s “speculation [coronavirus] could get worse,” but she added that “some say, like the president, it could miraculously disappear.” (The CDC has appeared to contradict this claim, and there’s no concrete evidence to support Trump’s idea that the virus will “miraculously” disappear.)
  
  
• Speaking to Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), America’s Newsroom co-anchor Ed Henry noted that two people have died in Florida so far, but he added that “both of those residents were elderly and had traveled internationally. So when you hear the context, it is not quite as scary.”
  
  
• Fox Business host Charles Payne dismissed coronavirus’s impact because “last week Broadway attendance went up” and “movie receipts were normal.” Payne warned that “we don’t need to talk ourselves into a recession or let anyone else with ulterior motives talk us into a recession.”
  
  
• On America’s Newsroom, Payne suggested that people “take advantage” of plunging gas prices and “go somewhere.”
  
  
• Fox prime-time host Laura Ingraham commented that the “panic pushers” in the media “went into overdrive” before berating members of the media for expressing concern.
  
  
• In another edition of her show, Ingraham argued that China is using coronavirus to “hurt Trump in his reelection.”
  
  
• In February, Fox prime-time host Tucker Carlson blamed “diversity” and “wokeness” for the spread of coronavirus, declaring that “identity politics trumped public health” and “they would let you die before they admitted that diversity is not our strength.” Later, Carlson chastised members of the media who he said “have spent weeks minimizing what is clearly a very serious problem.”
  
  
• On The Ingraham Angle, Fox guest Dr. Ramin Oskoui dismissed the Centers for Disease Control as “highly politicized” because of “how they’ve acted on gun control.”

Tucker was covering it while the MSM was focused on the impeachment hoax.

And he is 100% correct, moronic leftwing politicians are more obsessed with “tolerance” and “xenophobia” than actual public health.

For example he pointed out how the mayor of Florence told Italians to go “hug a Chinese person” because “xenophobia is bad”. Wonder how many Italians died because of his woke stupidity. Leftwingers here weren’t any different when they claimed President Trump’s ban on Chinese flights was “racist”.

When impeachment FAILED Dems and the liberal media pivoted to Coronavirus.

 

[toobfreak]

To whoever laughed at my post, this isnt funny. Thank God for freedom of the press or we’d be in the dark on the truth.

WE are laughing AT you, you pathetic, trolling bitch. This worthless, puerile, pointless, incendiary thread has no basis in reality or fact whatsoever. You're so disconnected, you even disprove and admit your own claims are wrong!

The lame stream media is lying out of their collective asses.. These fools created a panic where there shouldn't be one.

Yes how terrible they told the truth about Donald’s incompetence

FO. Even the OP had the sense to admit that nothing the President has done or could have done, short of cutting off travel from other countries bringing more here as he did, would likely be having a significant impact. It's all up to the medical people now to get the test kits out and develop a vaccine.

Meantime, people in my area are being constructive about it and organizing groups of helpers to offer help for anyone who needs it to do stuff for them.

 

[theHawk]

From two weeks ago, is this an example of Fox News downplaying the risks?

 

[MindWars]

Without the courage of the “mainstream media” speaking truth to power, this pandemic may have been censored to Americans. Sure it wasnt Trumps fault it happened, I admit that in fairness, and he probably couldn’t have done too much to change how its gone.

But he would have covered it all up to not cause the crisis. He would’ve just let us all be sick and say “Its just flu season” and we probably wouldn’t have even known the difference.

THANK YOU to everyone at CNN, MSNBC, NBC, CBS, ABC for leading us in this crisis

I had to look at who the trumpscum are who think this is funny

Let's clear this up.

If I had a choice.........to be locked in a elevator and listen to people like you..........OR.........get the virus.....

I'd CHOOSE THE VIRUS.............I'd have a 100% chance of escaping your stupidity........and a 99% chance of surviving the virus.

I LIKE THOSE ODDS.

Personally, I'd take comfort in knowing that I infected those yapping liberals in the elevator with me.

But that's just the kind of asshole I am.

These stupid ass weak minded losers are going to be very weak with what's coming millions won't be able to mentally survive the world we will live in and of course we know it won't be Trump's fault.....the NWO never sunk into the heads of these stupid ass sob's.

NBC OP-ED BLAMES U.S. FREEDOM, PRAISES COMMUNIST CHINA OVER COVID-19 RESPONSE
Article reads like it was drafted by the Communist Party

Globalist institutions like the United Nations, the World Health Organization, and other mainstream media outlets also praised China’s draconian nationwide crackdown in recent weeks.

America must resist against pressure to conform to China’s authoritarian model of control, especially in times of crisis.

 

[Ringel05]

To whoever laughed at my post, this isnt funny. Thank God for freedom of the press or we’d be in the dark on the truth.

The sad thing is you are serious........... Oh and I'm not a Frump fan, didn't vote for him, won't vote for him this time.

 

[Billy_Bob]

From two weeks ago, is this an example of Fox News downplaying the risks?

And your point?

They were using COMMONSENSE and looking at the virus technically unlike democrats who were whipping up the lies...

 

[theHawk]

Last month, more downplaying the Chinese Coronavirus?