When future generations open their history books (or iPads – it is the future, after all), there will be a great deal of disbelief surrounding exactly how we handled the coronavirus pandemic.
They’ll shake their heads at the slow response of many governments (ours excluded), and they’ll wonder exactly how people with such a wealth of access to information failed to heed the warning signs.
Perhaps they will then watch this clip below, and things will make a little more sense.
Fox News is currently being sued by the Washington League for Increased Transparency and Ethics for their coverage of the coronavirus. The Wrap reports that the organisation is seeking an injunction to prevent Fox News from “interfering with reasonable and necessary measures to contain the virus by publishing further false and deceptive content”.
Ha, good luck with that.
Fox News knows that more lawsuits may be coming, which is why Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch are stockpiling attorneys at present.
Any lawsuit may want to play this video, which comes via The Daily Show, as exhibit A:
And yet, some Americans continue to worship their leader, and the TV channel that misleads them day in and day out.
I wonder who this woman voted for?
CNN: “Aren’t you concerned you could go infect other people who don’t go to this church?”
OHIO WOMAN: “No. I’m covered in Jesus’ blood.” pic.twitter.com/KBsnJyZWxJ
— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) April 5, 2020
[source:dailyshow]
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