I think you should probably watch the shows to determine what has been said and what has not been said. --Right now, you are showing your ignorance of many many subjects.
After Fox Colleagues Encourage Vaccines, Tucker Carlson Tells Viewers They ‘Should Ignore’ People ‘Giving You Medical Advice on Television’ https://www.mediaite.com/tv/after-f...ople-giving-you-medical-advice-on-television/ LOL
FOX News is getting their ass beat.... Let's take a look at White House surrogates filing law suits under federal law to drive the point home to FOX that their anti-vax COVID-denier promotion is not acceptable. FOX is waking up to the harsh reality that a combination of these legal actions under federal law -- may quite literally force them off the air. Hence their sudden turn-around towards COVID vaccination. Interesting to note that there is a federal law passed when Trump was in office in December 2020 which 'makes it “unlawful” for a corporation or individual “to engage in a deceptive act or practice in or affecting commerce associated with the treatment, cure, prevention, mitigation, or diagnosis of COVID–19.”' Fox News' Covid vaccine denials can't go unpunished I filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday. Here's hoping it moves forward. https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/fox-news-covid-vaccine-denials-can-t-go-unpunished-n1274548 Typically, when Fox News spews lies or misinformation on political issues, my response is a mix of fact-checking and eye rolls. But the current misinformation campaign about the Covid-19 vaccine from some of Fox News’ most popular hosts demands more than a typical response given lives are on the line. That’s why I filed a complaint this week with the Federal Trade Commission against Fox News for possible violations of the Covid-19 Consumer Protection Act. That law, enacted in December 2020, makes it “unlawful” for a corporation or individual “to engage in a deceptive act or practice in or affecting commerce associated with the treatment, cure, prevention, mitigation, or diagnosis of COVID–19.” My goal in filing this case is to prompt the agency to investigate and bring an end to the apparently deceptive information Fox News has been selling to the consumers of its channel. As a lawyer, I understand that my complaint versus Fox News may seem beyond the traditional scope of the FTC’s work. However, given the FTC’s expanded powers under the new Covid-19 Consumer Protection Act to protect the public from deceptive information related to the treatment or prevention of Covid-19, I believe this complaint fits squarely within the spirit of its new mandate. In addition, Fox News is a for-profit business that is selling its product — information — to the public in exchange for cable subscription fees. The FTC is the perfect agency to protect the public from any person or entity peddling false information about Covid-19 vaccines in pursuit of pecuniary gain. (If the commission decides it doesn’t have jurisdiction, then it’s imperative that Congress expand the Covid-19 Consumer Protection Act to explicitly empower the FTC to investigate media outlets misleading consumers on Covid-related issues.) This is especially true now given that the health risk Covid-19 poses is again growing. Last Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that new cases of the virus — fueled by the delta variant — are up in the United States roughly 70 percent from the prior week's seven-day average. Worse, after weeks of decline, the seven-day average of daily deaths increased by 26 percent. But as Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the CDC's director, laid out, the recent outbreaks of cases are not random. Instead, Walensky said we’re seeing these spikes “in parts of the country that have low vaccination coverage because unvaccinated people are at risk.” She summed up pointedly that this new dangerous spike in Covid-19 cases is a “pandemic of the unvaccinated.” That’s why people receiving accurate information about the Covid-19 vaccines is literally a matter of life and death. But look at what is undeniably deceptive information coming from Fox News about the vaccine. For example, Tucker Carlson in April made comments on his top-rated Fox News show about the vaccine that were deemed a “pants on fire” lie by nonpartisan fact-checkers. "If the vaccine is effective, there is no reason for people who've received a vaccine to wear masks or avoid physical contact," Carlson told his millions of viewers. "Maybe it doesn't work, and they're simply not telling you that," he added irresponsibly. Carlson continued on with more baseless info: "Well, you'd hate to think that, especially if you've gotten two shots. But what's the other potential explanation? We can't think of one." But it’s not just Carlson. A report by media watchdog organization Media Matters for America released Friday examined comments made on Fox News between June 28 and July 11. It found that “57 percent of segments about coronavirus vaccines on the network included claims that undermined or downplayed vaccination efforts.” As Media Matters documented, these segments — which aired across the network, from the morning show through prime time — ranged from claims that the Biden administration’s vaccination outreach was about taking your “freedom” to, worse, “claims suggesting that vaccines are unnecessary or dangerous.” Just one example of potentially dangerous misinformation about the vaccine that Media Matters flagged outside of its report occurred on the July 13 episode of Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle,” where the host, Laura Ingraham, touted “natural immunity” over the Covid-19 vaccine. Overall, Media Matters concluded in its report that Fox News is "leading the charge to discredit accepted science with misinformation and fearmongering." Tragically it appears Fox News has misled its consumers about the vaccine. Dr. Rob Davidson, an emergency room physician in western Michigan, in his recent op-ed for NBC News THINK wrote that he doesn’t blame his patients who refuse to get vaccinated because they have been fed baseless info. Instead, he noted, “I do blame Fox News and other right-wing media outlets for poisoning the minds of millions of Americans with the deceptive propaganda they spray into living rooms 24/7.” On Saturday, Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden's chief medical adviser, when asked by CNN specifically about the misinformation being spewed on Fox News airwaves, responded: "If we had the kind of false information that's being spread now, if we had that back decades ago, I would be certain that we'd still have polio in this country." Given the Covid-19 Consumer Protection Act’s mandate, the deceptive information being shared by Fox News demands at least an investigation. In fact, the FTC said in a statement that it brought its first action under the act this past April against a company and a chiropractor for “deceptively marketing products containing vitamin D and zinc as scientifically proven to treat or prevent COVID-19.” The FTC's complaint alleged that the defendants were “disseminating misinformation, exploiting fears in the midst of a pandemic, and posing a significant risk to public health and safety.” (Sounds a lot like Fox News.) Consequently, the FTC sought an injunction to prevent the defendants from spreading further deceptive misinformation as well as seeking monetary damages. A federal judge imposed said injunction on May 5, which will keep the defendants from making any misleading or false claims about their product’s effect on Covid-19 while the case is still pending resolution. To be clear, I didn’t file my complaint because I disagree with Fox News politically and want to silence them. In reality, there are some Fox News hosts who have shared accurate information about the vaccine, especially in recent days as criticism has ramped up. My complaint is solely about ending the deceptive info from others on the network. Fox News’ viewers, who I’m sure I disagree with on several fronts, are still my fellow Americans who are entitled to accurate information about Covid-19 so they can protect themselves and their families. My hope is that the FTC takes the steps needed to protect the public from deceptive information about the Covid-19 vaccine — after all, lives depend on it.
That’s because they are manipulating their audience. They flood the story with doubt and uncontested false information to appease the fringe in their base all while they all get - literally all of them - get vaccinated. Do you know why they got vaccinated? It’s because they aren’t stupid. They know exactly what they are doing. They don’t get high on their own supply.
Knowing democratic "always fold like a cheap suit" MO, FOX likely got the carrot and not the stick in this instance.
The MAGA crowd is eating their own. Trump and his allies turn on 'lapdog' Hannity: 'Throw him in the garbage' Donald Trump's most fervent supporters are turning on Fox News host Sean Hannity. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...-hannity-throw-him-in-the-garbage/ar-AA15M7H3 Right-wing attorney Lin Wood and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell -- who have been feuding with one another -- are speaking out against the Fox News host's admission that he doesn't believe the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump, and Steve Bannon, right-wing radio host Stew Peters and reportedly even the former president himself have soured on Hannity, reported The Daily Beast. “Sean Hannity is disgusting,” Lindell told the website. “He’s a terrible journalist that does not do his job or his diligence [on] election crime. He doesn’t seem to have any concern over any election problems in the country, and it’s disgusting." Wood, who said he'd known Hannity since 1996 and considered him a friend, showed The Daily Beast screenshots from a text conversation they'd had where Hannity agreed the election had been stolen, but the Fox News star admitted in a deposition from the Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit that he never believed that “for one second.” Bannon and right-wing influencer Jack Posobiec have taken shots at Hannity in the past week, comparing him to CNN host Don Lemon and complaining about his "terrible advice to Trump," while Peters called him a "clown" and Trump superfan Bill Mitchell said his deposition should end his career. “Hannity was his lapdog for years," said one Trump adviser, "but just like everyone else who’s been Trump’s b*tch at one point or another, the second Trump finds a reason to throw them in the garbage, he takes it." Trumpworld sources told The Daily Beast the former president was upset with Hannity for pushing him to endorse Mehmet Oz in the Pennsylvania Senate race, rather than blame his wife for making the same recommendation. “Hannity gets the blame for Oz because it’s more convenient than blaming Melania, and now he’s been shown to be ‘disloyal’ under oath, so it’s Hannity’s turn to get tossed overboard,” said a Trump adviser. Trump hasn't spoken to Hannity for some time, sources said, and his relationship has apparently soured with another influential Fox News host. Tucker Carlson “isn’t openly hostile to Trump, but anyone who’s paying attention knows he’s not a fan either," said one Trump source. “Trump is never on the show and rarely gets discussed. Tucker thinks Trump has a lot of the right enemies, but that’s about it.”
"One of their own" would be more accurate. They are not eating Ron DeSantis. The dems are about to go through the same thing. You can't back Joe Biden and win in 2024. Joe will need to move along or he will be moved along and the lefty media will do it. Just as they did with Hillary. The leftist media protected Hillary to the hilt and promoted her, until a prettier face, Barack Obama, came along and then they threw her under the bus.
Divided GOP enters 2023 attacking itself https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3791194-divided-gop-enters-2023-attacking-itself/
Top disease official: Risk of coronavirus in USA is 'minuscule'; skip mask and wash hands https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...inuscule-skip-mask-and-wash-hands/4787209002/ Uh, so much for Mr. Fauci, rather, Mr. Science, well rather Mr. BullS...