Moment TV news anchor mistakenly announces that coma patient had died from coronavirus - before frantically backtracking when he realizes athlete has actually left hospital after dramatic recovery

Daily Mail ^ | 4/22/20 | Luke Kenton

[Libloather]

An ABC news anchor mistakenly announced on-air that a New Jersey man had died from coronavirus, before frantically apologizing when a video clip showed the man had in fact recovered.

New York's Bill Ritter was telling the story of 26-year-old Jack Allard, who was placed in a medically induced coma for five weeks after being diagnosed with a severe case of COVID-19 in March.

Ritter then said New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy had declared in an press conference earlier the same day that Allard had tragically passed away.

'After spending time on a ventilator and five full weeks in the hospital, the governor announced that Jack has died,' Ritter said during the live broadcast.

However, when the producers of the show rolled the clip from Murphy's press conference, the governor in fact revealed that Allard had 'rebounded' from the virus and was 'clapped out by the doctors and nurses who saved his life as he walked out of the hospital.'

[Libloather]

They've lost it.

[Bullish]

They never had “it”.

[albie]

Could hardly wait to bury the kid huh? Darn. Maybe next time.

[Old Sarge]

Any virus death must be laid on the steps of the White House, because ORANGE-MAN-BAD!

[IncPen]

One must marvel at the dipshit street reporter with NO ONE NEAR HIM doing his report wearing mask and gloves.

Bottomless narcissism.

[mewzilla]

Cue the Eagles' Dirty Laundry ...

[Da Coyote]

The media.

The baseline.

Nothing is lower.

Absolutely nothing.

[Mr. K]

A new level of lies:

1) Lies
2) Damnable lies
3) Statistics

4) Liberal Talking Points

[_longranger81]

” Oh my God! They didn’t kill Kenny!”

Hey, isn’t that the same guy they didn’t kill last August in Memphis?
And a year before that, down in the Texas panhandle?

[Clay Moore]

I suppose it would have been too much to ask for the newsreader to do 30 seconds of homework before he started blathering.

And they wonder why people keep chanting “fake news.”

[vigilante2]

Old Sarge, I didn’t know you were still with us. Good to see you..

[McGruff]

[McGruff]

Close enough, add him to the Corona Death count.

[Phil DiBasquette]

“But I’m not dead yet!”

[Buckeye McFrog]

Sum Ting Wong!
Ho Lee Fuk!

[SunkenCiv]

I'm not going to build any bigger list than this, LOTS of Chinese Virus topics in the past day or so.

• Partisan Media Shill: Morning Joe's Mika: Joe Biden Saw Coronavirus 'Coming Like a Steamroller'
• Nevada Sued by Physicians Over 'Ridiculous,' 'Illegal' Ban on COVID-19 anti-malarial Drugs Touted by Trump
• Gilead antiviral drug remdesivir flops in first trial
• Data on Gilead's remdesivir, released by accident, show no benefit for coronavirus patients. Company still sees reason for hope
• Evidence That the Virus Is Much Less Deadly Than People Feared Weakens the Case for Maintaining Lockdowns
• MUST SEE VIDEO: Idaho Protesters Rally at the Home of Police Officer Who Arrested Woman for Taking Kids to Playground
• San Diego Woman Faces $1,000 Fine or 90-Day Jailing Over COVID-19 Protest

Partisan Media Shills update.

[Old Sarge]

I’m here, just not where I was...