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Journalism professors sign letter calling Fox News’ coronavirus coverage a ‘danger to public health’
Twitchy ^ | April 2, 2020 | Brett T.

Posted on 04/03/2020 8:55:32 AM PDT by kevcol

Dozens of journalism professors and working journalists signed an open letter to Fox News heads Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch on Thursday, bashing the network’s coverage of the coronavirus pandemic as a “danger to public health.”

“Viewers of Fox News, including the president of the United States, have been regularly subjected to misinformation relayed by the network—false statements downplaying the prevalence of COVID-19 and its harms

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TOPICS: Education; Health/Medicine; Society
KEYWORDS: foxnews; journalistactivists; liberals; mediabias
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Might have something to do with this?:

Fox News Channel Sees Highest Viewership Numbers In 2020 Amid Coronavirus Coverage

Fox New Channel’s numbers beat out the competition across the board. Last week’s eyeballs mean that the FNC has been the most-watched cable network across total days among all viewers for 12 weeks in a row. The network has also held the top prize in primetime viewership for 10 weeks in a row.
1 posted on 04/03/2020 8:55:33 AM PDT by kevcol
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To: kevcol

journalism professors = communist propagandists


2 posted on 04/03/2020 8:56:35 AM PDT by newfreep ("INSIDE EVERY PROGRESSIVE IS A TOTALITARIAN SCREAMING TO GET OUT" - DAVID HOROWITZ)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
The real headline? DNC shills who have never held real jobs attack journalism.

3 posted on 04/03/2020 8:56:35 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: kevcol

There’s that dang gum liberal word: “Professor” again.
Nothing to see here, move on.


4 posted on 04/03/2020 8:56:50 AM PDT by lgjhn23 (Libs are a virus.....the DemoVirus!!)
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To: kevcol

Journalist professors don’t like “diversity of viewpoints”.

The prefer “The Narrative”.


5 posted on 04/03/2020 8:57:58 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: kevcol

Since when do journalists/propagandists qualify as health professionals/experts?


6 posted on 04/03/2020 8:58:13 AM PDT by Liberal Anti Venom (In a free society, the last refuge of a moron is tyranny. ~Jeremy Egerer~)
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To: kevcol

Like I value the opinion of Journalism professors.


7 posted on 04/03/2020 8:58:46 AM PDT by taxcontrol (stupid should hurt (Dad's wisdom))
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...false statements downplaying the prevalence of COVID-19 and its harms

You mean like that video of Gavin Nuisance's aunt, Nanzi Jezebel Pelosi, nonchalantly walking down the poop-riddled sidewalks of San Francisco's Chinatown urging people to come visit?

8 posted on 04/03/2020 9:00:21 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: kevcol

Two months ago, they were accusing Fox of starting a panic over Corona


9 posted on 04/03/2020 9:00:24 AM PDT by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Professors hold themselves above the peons. Journalism majors don’t have to take math or science or anything difficult as far as I know-i may be wrong. Who cares what they think.


10 posted on 04/03/2020 9:00:32 AM PDT by dandiegirl (BOBBY)
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To: kevcol

Don’t take this lightly - Progressives never want to let a crisis go to waste and they are determined to use this one to stamp out all dissenting points of view on the altar of “dangerous misinformation”.

If they keep this crap up we might need to implement some of our own emergency measures.


11 posted on 04/03/2020 9:00:48 AM PDT by Junk Silver ("It's a little hard to herd people onto trains when they're shooting at you." SirLurkedalot)
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To: Liberal Anti Venom
Since when do journalists/propagandists qualify as health professionals/experts?

Yes I seem to remember an incident where Rush Limbaugh was excoriated for commenting on something health-related, or science-related some years back.

12 posted on 04/03/2020 9:01:26 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrats' John Dean])
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To: kevcol

How about letters from millions of Americans calling to Fire the Journalism professors who advocate violating the 1st Amendment


13 posted on 04/03/2020 9:02:16 AM PDT by jcon40 (The other post before yours really nails it for me. IOr keep people from / PC ing in ver and alway)
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To: newfreep

It’s stunning that ANYBODY would admit to being a “Journalism Professor” to begin with.

Bless their hearts.


14 posted on 04/03/2020 9:02:16 AM PDT by Howie66 ("...Against All Enemies, Foreign and Democrat.....")
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To: newfreep

Also equals:haters gotta hate. This group of journalism professors are proving to not be friends of America.


15 posted on 04/03/2020 9:02:32 AM PDT by Tudorfly (All things are possible within the will of God.)
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To: kevcol

Anyone who injects ‘Fox News’ as the basis of a political position has the knowledge of a Village Idiot.


16 posted on 04/03/2020 9:03:25 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: kevcol

Those professors and “journalists” are almost certainly 99% liberals/Democrats.

100% are certainly propagandists. Of that we can be certain.


17 posted on 04/03/2020 9:03:29 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: kevcol

Fox has a problem. If they continue to do what one assumes Paul Ryan was behind, and cut away from Trump, the public will cut away from their TV and Fox’s ratings will fall. Right now they have TV’s #1 hit show. Only an idiot would burn that down for politics.


18 posted on 04/03/2020 9:04:06 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: kevcol

So they’re going to add “misinformation” to the high crimes and misdemeanors for which they will start Impeachment II!


19 posted on 04/03/2020 9:04:10 AM PDT by I want the USA back (The media is acting full-on as the Democratic Party's press agency now: Robert Spencer)
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To: kevcol

Who keeps the lists of these pompous, leftist professors to trot them out on demand? The DNC?


20 posted on 04/03/2020 9:04:19 AM PDT by JimSp
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