Rupert Murdoch could save lives by forcing Fox News to tell the truth about coronavirus -- right now

[Dennis Donovan]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/rupert-murdoch-could-save-lives-by-forcing-fox-news-to-tell-the-truth-about-coronavirus--right-now/2020/03/11/72059f4c-63a7-11ea-acca-80c22bbee96f_story.html

By Margaret Sullivan
Media columnist

March 11, 2020 at 3:25 p.m. EDT

The insidious feedback loop between President Trump and Fox News is no secret.

When Trump says “jump,” the network leaps into action. And what the president hears on Fox News often dictates his own pronouncements and policies — which, in turn, are glowingly represented in Fox News’s coverage and commentary.

That’s never been anything short of dangerous, since the effect has been to create a de facto state-run media monster more devoted to maintaining power than shedding light on the truth. But now the mind-meld of Fox News and Trump is potentially lethal as Trump plays down the seriousness of the coronavirus and, hearing nothing but applause from his favorite information source for doing so, sees little reason to change.

There’s one person who could transform all that in an instant: Fox founder Rupert Murdoch, the Australian-born media mogul who, at 89, still exerts his influence on the leading cable network — and thus on the president himself.

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[Johnny2X2X]

1. Uncanny how only FOX viewers are downplaying this threat

At my work it's only the known FOX viewers who are bringing up how many more people had the flu this season than currently have the Cornavirus. Only they are still saying this upheaval is a media creation.

[Mike 03]

2. Aren't they curious enough about this virus to

turn the fucking channel and see what other networks are saying about something that could end their lives?

[gibraltar72]

3. Ha Ha Ha you made a funny.

[pbmus]

4. Rupert only cares about Rupert...

[FiveGoodMen]

5. Might have prevented two wars by telling the truth as well.

We should execute the people who lie to us.