Fox news hypocrisy: internal response vs coverage covid 19

[Rukh O'Rorke]

www.cnn.com/2020/04/21/politics/john-oliver-fox-news-coronavirus/index.html

But there was one thing -- actually one sentence of 11 words -- that really stood out to me in the Oliver segment. And it was this, when he was talking about Fox News' coronavirus coverage:


"They only pretend to believe these things on television for money."


The point Oliver was making was that even as many Fox News anchors were pushing the idea that coronavirus was less virulent than the flu and that it was the product of a hyper-partisan media trying to "get" Trump, the company was warning its employees to stay at home and "reducing the staff footprint at our headquarters in New York."

Oliver Darcy

@oliverdarcy

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Mar 12

News: In all staff memo, Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott says the network is "reducing the staff footprint at our headquarters in New York and some of our bureaus and will be instituting telecommuting starting Monday."