December 19, 2020, 9:41 am
There are a lot of conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 vaccine circulating, and many of them have been supported and promoted of Fox News. So far, there aren’t any conspiracy theories about the fact that the company’s owner, Rupert Murdoch, is getting the vaccine early while the poors have to wait in line.
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Murdoch was one of the first people in line this week, getting his shot in the U.K. where anyone over the age of 80 is considered a priority recipient. Murdoch is 89 and a billionaire, so he can fly wherever he wants to get a life-saving vaccine. Fox News viewers, not so much.
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Murdoch is apparently not happy with just getting the vaccine first. His news channel stars apparently want to discourage others from getting it.
Rupert Murdoch got the Covid vaccine the day after Tucker Carlson spent his entire show sowing doubt about the Covid vaccine.
— Molly Jong-Fast
(@MollyJongFast) December 18, 2020
On Thursday, network host Tucker Carlson went anti-vaxx, warning viewers about the safety of the vaccine based on no medical evidence whatsoever.
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“Suddenly the COVID vaccine is on the morning shows, touted on celebrity Twitter accounts, and the news about it is uniformly glowing,” Carlson said, HuffPost reports. He added that “this stuff is just great, a lot of famous people say so.”
Um, famous people like your boss?
“I would like to thank the keyworkers and the [National Health Service] staff who have worked so hard throughout the pandemic, and the amazing scientists who have made this vaccine possible,” Murdoch said in a statement. “I strongly encourage people around the world to get the vaccine as it becomes available.”
Okay, then bring that energy to America and have people on Fox News encourage folks to get it. Instead, the channel has host Laura Ingraham incorrectly suggesting that the Dakotas don’t need the vaccine because they’ve reached “herd immunity.”
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Murdoch knows that the vaccine is safe. He also knows he makes more money by playing into the delusions his viewers have, which he has had a big hand in creating. If only there was a vaccine for believing in Fox News.
*First Published: December 19, 2020, 9:41 am
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