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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsStudy Suggests Sean Hannity Helped Spread Coronavirus
Watching Fox News may kill you https://politicalwire.com/2020/04/22/study-suggests-sean-hannity-helped-spread-coronavirus/
Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, media critics have warned that the decision from leading Fox News hosts to downplay the outbreak could cost lives. A new study provides statistical evidence that, in the case of Sean Hannity, thats exactly what happened, Vox reports.
At the time, Hannitys show was downplaying or ignoring the virus, while fellow Fox host Tucker Carlson was warning viewers about the diseases risks.
Using both a poll of Fox News viewers over age 55 and publicly available data on television-watching patterns, they calculate that Fox viewers who watched Hannity rather than Carlson were less likely to adhere to social distancing rules, and that areas where more people watched Hannity relative to Carlson had higher local rates of infection and death.
At the time, Hannitys show was downplaying or ignoring the virus, while fellow Fox host Tucker Carlson was warning viewers about the diseases risks.
Using both a poll of Fox News viewers over age 55 and publicly available data on television-watching patterns, they calculate that Fox viewers who watched Hannity rather than Carlson were less likely to adhere to social distancing rules, and that areas where more people watched Hannity relative to Carlson had higher local rates of infection and death.
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Study Suggests Sean Hannity Helped Spread Coronavirus (Original Post)
Gothmog
Apr 2020
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,674 posts)1. Somewhere, on some astral plane,
Charles Darwin is nodding and saying, "Yeah, duh."
samsingh
(17,595 posts)2. wow. so it seems that hannity is a murderer.
doc03
(35,325 posts)3. If it only affects Hannity's viewers I am all for it. nt
People who watch Hannity are too stupid to save
ProfessorGAC
(64,995 posts)4. Roofer Boy Got It Wrong?
Wait, that's all he does!
Turbineguy
(37,319 posts)6. I look forward to
Hannity autopsy pics on page 4!
I would not look at them, just knowing they're there is enough.
Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)7. DUH?
Capt. Obvious even flipping the bird?
Gothmog
(145,129 posts)8. The results suggest that Hannity viewers took his advice, and a lot of them ended up dead.