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Hoax, [Donald Trump, Fox News, and the dangerous distortion of truth], Brian Stelter

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Hoax

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Brian Stelter

[Donald Trump, Fox News, and the dangerous distortion of truth]

While other leaders were marshaling resources to combat the greatest pandemic in modern history, President Donald Trump was watching TV. Trump watches over six hours of Fox News a day, a habit his staff refers to as 'executive time.' In January 2020, when Fox News began to downplay COVID-19, the President was quick to agree. In March, as the deadly virus spiraled out of control, Sean Hannity mocked 'coronavirus hysteria' as a 'new hoax' from the left. Millions of Americans took Hannity and Trump's words as truth, until some of them started to get sick. Here, CNN anchor and chief media correspondent Brian Stelter tells the twisted story of the relationship between Donald Trump and Fox News

Prologue. "Batshit crazy" ; "We surrendered" ; "Profit machine" ; " Unforgivable" -- The creation. "Everybody can be bought" ; "An invisible hand" ; "Mayor of Crazytown" ; "People don't care if it's right" ; "Planet Trump" ; "I thought you were my friend" -- The candidate. "He's out of control" ; "Me too" ; "Business suicide" ; "If I stay here, I'm going to get cancer" ; "I'm a newsman" ; "Is this really happening?" ; "Loyalty is good" -- The commander. "Self-brainwashing" ; "The crowds were much, much smaller" ; "You're getting much better" ; "The bandwagon" ; "I want the O'Reilly lighting" ; "It's going to be a catastrophe" ; "You should be talking to Fox, okay?" ; "Stench" ; "Tell Sean to knock it off" ; "Wardrobe enforcer" ; "It's all so complicated" ; "Anti-journalism" ; "Why all these lies?" ; "Willing to be accomplices" ; "Out of bounds" ; "We print money in the basement" -- The cult. "Fake freak" ; "Clueless" ; "Shadow chief of staff" ; "Desperate" ; "Executive Time" ; "Don't be a baby" ; "No one can stop us" ; "Fix this" ; "Prostitutes" -- The control freak. "Hate-for-profit racket" ; "Iceberg problem" ; "They'll fire me" ; "The times ahead will test all of us" ; "They owe you an apology" ; "What do you think?" ; "You're going to be called on, Sean" ; "The truth will always matter" -- The crisis. "Complicit" ; "Trump will never forgive you" ; "Democracy at risk" ; "Heat kills this virus" ; "Don't rock the boat" ; "The flu is so much worse" ; "Hazardous to our viewers" ; "No reason to go backwards" ; "I've been watching you" ; "Looking for a new outlet" -- Epilogue

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Donald Trump, Fox News, and the dangerous distortion of truth