Posted on 09/21/2020 2:09:10 PM PDT by Mariner
Fox & Friends co-host Steve Doocy on Monday morning issued an apology for his show having run with a since-retracted story falsely accusing Nashville’s Democratic mayor of engaging in a coronavirus cover-up, admitting that the mayor did not conceal information from the public as alleged.
Last week, a supposed bombshell by a local Fox affiliate in Nashville set the conservative media ecosystem on fire. According to the report by Fox 17—a Sinclair-owned station—the mayor’s office allegedly covered up numbers that showed relatively low spread of COVID-19 in bars and restaurants. The clear implication of the story was that the city was hiding the data in order to justify its coronavirus lockdown orders on public businesses.
The story, which focused on a selective misreading of emails, was quickly picked up by large right-wing digital outlets such as The Daily Wire and Breitbart and soon found its way to Fox News’ pro-Trump opinion shows. Tucker Carlson—who has become one of the network’s loudest coronavirus skeptics— kicked off his show on Thursday with the story, claiming the Fox 17 report was “conclusive proof” that Nashville officials hid key health stats “for no justifiable reason,” while explicitly calling for Mayor John Cooper’s impeachment.
His Fox primetime colleague Laura Ingraham also jumped on the report, claiming it exposed “a sinister COVID cover-up,” comparing it to something “you’d expect from communist China” or “Soviet Russia.” The following morning, Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade insisted the emails were proof that “they lied” while saying Cooper “has to resign yesterday.”
Fox 17’s explosive report, however, was quickly and easily debunked by other media outlets. The data about the low number of cases at the time tied to bars and restaurants was disclosed at a July 2 press conference.
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“selective misreading”
What is that supposed to mean?
Quickly debunked.....by ‘other media outlets’......mmm hmmmm.
How threatened, or payed off, who...to get the story squashed?
Will Tucker and Laura be forced to offer an apology, too?
I want to see the proof that the original story is NOT true.
Oh, and isn’t Doocey the doof who told POTUS, last week....wait, we’re not confirmed that you’ll be on, every week....?
Btw, POTUS WAS on F&F, again, this week...this morning.
Impassioned lack of comprehension.
“I want to see the proof that the original story is NOT true.”
It was retracted by the original publisher.
And yet he kept the Bars and Restaurants at reduced occupancy.
Why?
And yet... that’s what Nashville DID.
The story was retracted because they couldn’t confirm it was deliberate and Nashville said the information was always out there - which is true. But the fact of the matter is that they deliberately ignored that info and kept the bars and restaurants locked down.
“Why? “
It’s what commies do.
Yet nothing was hidden from anybody.
They didn’t cover it up.
They ignored it.
hah, has CNN, MSDNC ever apologized? Nope.
“Confirmation bias makes your stupid.”
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3810897/posts?page=9#9
Like how you said there’d be several hundred million infected with corona virus by March 1, 2020.
Notice how this excerpt doesn’t even say what was wrong in the report or what was corrected.
“hah, has CNN, MSDNC ever apologized?”
Fox is showing they have a little more integrity.
But their editorialists (Ingraham, Carlson et al) are so far silent.
No - they INTENTIONALLY ignored it. That IS covering it up.
Debunked by the American Presstitute Corp??? Like RUSSIA??
Low numbers are to be expected when restaurants and bars are sparsely populated. I questioned the premise from the get go.
Yeah, like that.
Everyone should go read that old post for an example.
They are fools. I would correct my errors when they correct theirs. I would broadcast that too!
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It was retracted by the original publisher.
Again....what threats/payoffs were made to retract it?
Just because they retracted it (the Fox affiliate) doesn't mean it wasn't true.
So....now, we're not supposed to believe the leaked emails????
Got it 🙄
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