Eric Boehlert: How many people has Murdoch killed during pandemic?

[babylonsister]

How many people has Murdoch killed during pandemic?
We'll never know
Eric Boehlert
2 hr ago


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In no other country where Murdoch owns properties and enjoys political leverage, such as Britain and Australia, have his media outlets endangered so many lives the way Fox News has in the U.S. There’s been a conscious decision by Murdoch to unleash on America an anti-science, anti-vaccine campaign the likes of which has never been seen before in modern media, which is why this NPR headline surprised nobody: “Study Finds More COVID-19 Cases Among Viewers Of Fox News Host Who Downplayed Pandemic.”

Why is Murdoch allowing, and even encouraging, the life-threatening programming to fester on Fox? He’s terrified of being outflanked by even more rabid, right-wing media outlets, such as OAN, and Newsmax. Committed to never allowing a sizeable audience take hold to the right of Fox News, Murdoch has made a calculated decision that actively endangering his viewers is preferable to them switching over to another channel.

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In the States we have an entire Murdoch network that’s not only encouraging millions of viewers not to get vaccinated, but claims the inoculation might kill them, the government cannot be trusted, and the vaccine poses a danger to pregnant women.

Too cowardly to pull back his top-rated U.S. hosts, Murdoch refuses to protect American news consumers from Fox News’ cult-like disinformation regarding a miraculously safe and effective vaccine.

That’s a huge reason why the U.S. vaccination rate has stalled so far behind other industrialized nations — the Biden White House is facing a cynical and powerful anti-vax movement that’s unlike anything else in the world. We are the only country that’s simultaneously trying to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic while battling a homegrown, deep-pocketed political and media crusade determined to keep the pandemic going for partisan reasons.

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https://pressrun.media/p/how-many-people-has-murdoch-killed

[mopinko]

1. when are the vax makers going to sue?

[secondwind]

2. Very disheartening.....ugh

[NCjack]

3. Hoping that DoJ traces participation of Murdoch in Jan06

[spanone]

4. ...K&R...

[Kaleva]

5. About 2-3% of the adult population watches Fox News

While it is true that Fox News is the top rated cable network, if one looks at actual number of viewers, one will see that comes to a very small, low single digits, percent of the adult population.

[crickets]

6. Good point, but I don't have to watch Fox News (or even read about it on DU)

to hear about some Fox News story or other on any given day. It's everywhere, from Twitter to Facebook, in conversations and shared clips all over the web. Sadly, there are news stories about Fox News and/or its talking heads on a regular basis.

Actually watching it isn't required in order to constantly be exposed to the nonsense. It's insidious.

[Kaleva]

7. Far more people watch ABC News or CBS News or NBC News

Each of the three crush Fox News in the ratings.

One would think that, even if people don't watch any of the three, they would hear of about some story reported there. Far more then any story reported on Fox.