Exposure to Sean Hannity may be lethal, studies on COVID-19 suggest (review of 3 studies)....

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06-25-2011:05 am

Exposure to Sean Hannity may be lethal, studies on COVID-19 suggest
New studies suggest a correlation between Hannity’s stubborn denial of the coronavirus and a higher rate of cases in areas where he has the most viewers.


By Joe Berkowitz2 minute Read

What: A round of recent studies that suggests infection and mortality rates for COVID-19 are higher in areas where Fox News star Sean Hannity reaches the most viewers.

Who: Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review, the National Bureau of Economic Research, and the University of Chicago, and other sources, as surfaced by the Washington Post.

Why we care: If only the current surge of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. marked the beginning of a dreaded Second Wave. Instead, our inability to get the coronavirus under control in any meaningful way nationwide indicates we are still in the throes of the first wave.

It didn’t have to be this way, as several other countries around the world have proved. One of the reasons the coronavirus has spun out of control in the U.S., though, is misinformation in our media. As the Washington Post reports, one of the worst offenders in influencing Americans’ opinions and behavior around the virus is Fox News personality Sean Hannity.

The article, written by Christopher Ingraham, draws from three studies to show how conservative media has polluted the informational waters of the coronavirus, amplifying false or misleading claims, promoting conspiracy theories, and discouraging preventative measures from viewers at key moments. One study, however, by economists at the University of Chicago and other institutions, focuses on Sean Hannity specifically, showing how the difference between his coverage of the virus and Tucker Carlson’s likely played a part in higher infection and mortality rates in areas where his show reaches the most viewers..............................................


This article comes out as Trump is in Wisconsin--at taxpayer expense- speaking bullshit.

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[Dustlawyer]

1. The polarization in our country over the last 2 decades at least can be attributed to Fox

and RW media programming their viewers so they can be easy to manipulate and resistant to facts. This guarantees Republicans and their pro corporate policies can remain in power.

Along with campaign donations (legal bribes), our corrupt media constitute the two root causes of most of our problems! How can we solve our other problems such as climate change, health care, immigration, criminal justice reform, shootings... without addressing these two root causes?

[Buckeye_Democrat]

2. Yes, and it's why the Russian influence...

... doesn't bother me as much as it has bothered others.

I don't like it either, but we've ALREADY had years of propaganda that's made this country worse.

An maybe Murdoch is actually influenced by the Russians too? I doubt it, but his father admired them and always kept a bust of Lenin in their household.