On MSNBC’s Rachel Madow Show on May 27, 2020, the renowned talk show host highlighted that the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, and CNN properly gave major coverage to the tragic milestone of 100,000 Americans succumbing to the Coronavirus.
Each outlet cited by Maddow treated this horrible development as the lead story of the day.
How about Fox News?
The lead story for them was titled “Drama Ahead,” a reference to the Trump Administration threatening to veto House legislation designed to reform surveillance procedures.
The 100,000 dead Americans because of the Coronavirus?
Viewers had to scroll down past that lead story and several less important topics before seeing a link to Fox reporting on that event.
Later reporting by CNN showed that Fox programming for their evening news and commentary shows (headed by a Murderers Row of reactionary thinkers Martha MacCallum, Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, and Laura Ingraham) did not mention the 100,000 fatality threshold at the beginning of their broadcasts. According to the CNN reporting, MacCallum, the host of the evening news show, did not mention it until 50 minutes into her show.
This continued aversion to reality on Fox Island was also found in the Trump Zone where Mr. Trump and his cult enablers/followers have spent the better part of the last few days either mostly ignoring the event (the Stable Genius, probably reacting to Joe Biden’s eloquent address, did tweet some notes of remorse on Thursday morning,) creating an alternative fictitious timeline which falsely praises his handling of the public health emergency (while also refusing to release economic forecasts,) or launching Twitter diversions like accusing Joe Scarborough (the lawyer who handles that libel suit is looking at a potentially nice payday) of murder or threatening to shut down Twitter for pointing out his tweets on mail-in balloting were lies.
The segment of the American People who watch Fox News or think Donald Trump’s word is gospel deserves better than this blatant attempt to minimize the importance of the Coronavirus and disinform its viewers.
The people should pay attention to reputable news sites like those depicted in the below chart:
There are several reputable right of center news outlets like the Wall Street Journal or the Hill where true conservatives can find reliable journalistic accounts of today’s events.
The people, during this public health emergency, should also pay attention, to reliable COVID-19 related sites that make informed projections on the progress of the virus, testing, and fatalities.
For example, please click here to access the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation out of the University of Washington and funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Readers will find it interesting that Arizona will not peak until about June 2.
Or click on a similar site on the New York Times page or CNN.
Hopefully, when the Fox-Trump disciples see people around staying home from work because it is not safe to go there or God forbid, becoming ill with the virus, they will stop drinking the science-denying fringe social media Kool-Aid and leave the Trump Zone and Fox Island and join the rest of society in the true reality.
Hopefully.
Please remember:
- Primary Election Day is on August 4, 2020, and General Election Day is on November 3. 2020.
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- Check-in with the Secretary of State’s office where you live to verify your mail-in ballot was received, processed, verified, and counted.
- Know the voter ID requirements in your state.
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- Also, please remember to stay informed on all the candidates and vote for all the offices on the ballot.
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