John, An Arizona man has died and his wife is in critical care after they ingested a dangerous chemical meant for fish. Why? Because Donald Trump and his cheerleaders like Fox News’ Laura Ingraham have spent hours on air promoting dangerous, unproven theories about the chemical's ability to fight coronavirus. Last week Ingraham was forced by Twitter to delete tweets about the supposed ‘cure’ for breaching the platform's fake news rules. As health workers across the world battle to get the facts out about staying safe during coronavirus, Fox News is spreading dangerous speculation and outright lies. These lies only get to air because advertisers like Expedia sponsor the shows of Fox's top presenters. No more. Tell Expedia to stop funding these dangerous lies now! We’re in uncharted territory here, John. Millions of people are stuck at home. Millions of us are cut off from our friends and family. But in our living rooms 24 hour cable news rolls on. The thing is: what channel you’re tuned to can drastically affect how seriously you’re taking this crisis. According to polling conducted last week, of the millions of Americans who are “unconcerned” about coronavirus, a staggering 59% nominate Fox News as their primary news source. At a time of unprecedented crisis like this the media has a vital responsibility to calmly report the facts. But Fox has never been concerned with facts. And it’s literally costing lives. There are only two things that really matter at Fox: Rupert Murdoch’s political agenda and advertiser dollars. Which is where you step in John. To get this dangerous misinformation campaign shut down we need Fox’s top advertisers to pull their ad budgets.  Thanks for all that you do, More information: Fox News’s coronavirus coverage slid back off the rails spectacularly on Monday night Vox, 24 March 2020 |
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