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Suddenly, Sean Hannity and other Fox Hosts are urging their viewers to get COVID-19 vaccines

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Tue, July 20, 2021, 3:23 AM
 
 

  • Fox News host Sean Hannity encouraged viewers to get COVID-19 vaccines on Monday.

  • "I can't say it enough. Enough people have died. We don't need any more death," he said.

  • Previously, Hannity repeatedly called the pandemic a hoax.

 

Fox News hosts, including Sean Hannity, threw their support behind COVID-19 vaccines on Monday, a sharp departure from the network's often skeptical coverage.

Hannity on Monday urged viewers to get vaccinated. He encouraged them to take the pandemic "seriously" and said he believed in the "science of vaccines." 

"Just like we've been saying, please take COVID seriously," Hannity said on Monday. "I can't say it enough. Enough people have died. We don't need any more death."

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He urged viewers to "research like crazy" and come to a decision on the vaccine with their medical provider. 

"Take it seriously. You also have a right to medical privacy, and doctor-patient confidentiality is also important," he said. "And it absolutely makes sense for many Americans to get vaccinated. I believe in science. I believe in the science of vaccination."

But before declaring his support for vaccines, Hannity was critical of universities for mandating vaccinations. The stance came in response to a federal judge's decision to uphold an Indiana University policy requiring students and staff to be fully vaccinated before returning to campus.

Hannity has previously called the virus a hoax. He also repeatedly denied calling the virus a hoax, The Washington Post reported. 

The Hill reported that in two separate segments of "Fox & Friends," hosts Steve Doocy and Bill Hemmer spoke positively of vaccines. 

"If you have the chance, get the shot. It will save your life," Doocy said.

Tucker Carlson was a notable exception, continuing to question the vaccines on his Monday-night show, as Insider's Tom Porter reported. He appeared to disparage other journalists who offer "medical advice on television."

The switch in tone came after outlets, including The New York Times and Insider, ran stories detailing statements made by Carlson and Laura Ingraham that were against expert public-health advice on vaccines. 

It also came after a CNN report that, while hosts such as Carlson have attacked vaccine passports, the media corporation has rolled out its own version of a vaccine passport. 

In a Daily Beast op-ed early this month, Preston Padden, a former network executive who worked under Rupert Murdoch, called Fox "poison for America," blamed it for fueling vaccine hesitancy, and said it caused "unnecessary" deaths.

 

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/sean-hannity-other-fox-hosts-072301604.html

 

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Fox News has a strict COVID-19 policy that includes the kind of vaccine passport Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham and other right-wing hosts have railed against

Eliza Relman
Mon, July 19, 2021, 5:09 PM
 
 

  • The Fox Corporation has a return to office protocol involving voluntary proof of vaccination.

  • Top host Tucker Carlson has compared vaccine passports to "Jim Crow" racial segregation laws.

  • Fox Corp employees who don't submit their status must continue masking and social distancing.

The Fox Corporation has instituted a strict COVID-19 policy that includes a vaccine passport, allowing only the company's fully-vaccinated employees to work in their offices without wearing a mask or social distancing. 

But a slew of the parent company's Fox News personalities, particularly two of its highest-paid and most influential primetime hosts, have railed against exactly this kind of vaccination policy, also known as a "vaccine passport."

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Beyond increased vaccine hesitancy among conservative men - a major share of the network's audience - polling shows Fox News viewers are less likely to say they have gotten or plan on getting the vaccine compared to the general population.

Many of the network's daytime anchors have said on-air that they've gotten vaccinated and have encouraged viewers to do the same, but in primetime, hosts Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham have both frequently dismissed the science around the vaccine and featured guests making misleading and false claims about the shots' high level of efficacy.

Carlson, Fox's top rated host and the centerpiece of its growing streaming service, has compared vaccine passports to "Jim Crow" racial segregation laws and likened asking someone about their vaccination status to asking them whether they've been infected with HIV or what their favorite sex positions are.

"Medical Jim Crow has come to America," Carlson claimed last month. "If we still had water fountains, the unvaccinated would have separate ones."

Both the host and network will not say whether he's been vaccinated.

A Fox News spokesperson pointed Insider toward a Fox Corp. memo from June on return to office procedures. A Fox Corp. spokesperson confirmed the rollout of the voluntary proof of vaccination system to Insider in an email.

A Fox Corporation HR memo on COVID-19 return to office protocols.
 
A Fox Corporation HR memo on COVID-19 return to office protocols. Fox News

The Intercept's Ryan Grim first reported on Monday that Fox began asking its employees to attest to their own vaccination status in May in order to receive a "FOX Clear Pass." Employees who don't inform the company that they've been fully vaccinated - including the dates of their shots and type of immunization - are required to fill out a daily health screening before coming into the office, wear masks, and maintain physical distance from others in the office. 

Ingraham, a close ally of former President Donald Trump, has brought guests on who spread lies about the COVID-19 vaccines, including the falsehood that the shots aren't effective agains the new, even more contagious Delta variant.

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In the early months of the pandemic, much of the network's coverage downplayed the severity of the coronavirus and followed the playbook of its late founder by turning the pandemic into a culture war. 

Carlson has made vaccine skepticism a mainstay of his show, even turning segments on the vaccine into attacks on elites encouraging Americans to get it.

None of Fox's on-air personalities have discussed this specific policy from their employer, but they have spoken on air about having to wear masks in the building and getting to see colleagues in person again once they got vaccinated.

Some hosts have encouraged viewers to get vaccinated. Primetime host Sean Hannity has urged his audience to seek advice from their doctors and research the vaccines. Fox & Friends host Steve Doocy has said he got the shot and encouraged others to as well.

The network recently ran a public service announcement urging those who can to get vaccinated. And in a new development on Monday, Fox News and Fox Business banners featured the vaccine.gov web address during segments on COVID-19.

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/fox-news-strict-covid-19-210933151.html

 

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Ex-Fox News Reporter Rips Tucker Carlson: ‘Leading Lemmings To Their Own Slaughter'

 
 
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Tue, July 20, 2021, 3:17 AM
 
 

Former Fox News reporter Carl Cameron on Monday called out Tucker Carlson’s doubtful diatribes against COVID-19 vaccines, saying his ex-colleague at the conservative network was “gaslighting” viewers for ratings and revenue.

“It’s about ratings and ratings ultimately become revenue, and that’s the name of the game,” Cameron told CNN’s “New Day” about personalities on Fox and other hyperpartisan media outlets that have questioned the shots. Vaccine resistance has now become a GOP rallying cry, even though the shots have been shown safe and effective.

“Whoever gets the most clicks on social media, makes the most money, gets the most fame, gets the most attention and that type of activity is not journalism,” Cameron continued. “It’s not news. It’s gaslighting. It’s propaganda.”

Cameron, Fox’s chief political correspondent until 2017, noted how new COVID-19 cases in the United States have soared in just the last week — with 99.5% of deaths among those who have not been vaccinated.

People who dispute that scientific evidence are putting lives at risk, said Cameron.

“It makes no sense whatsoever,” he said. “This is literally the metaphor of the lemmings running to their own slaughter. People who are listening to that sort of stuff instead of the science that goes way way back.”

“It is the opinion hosts who aren’t journalists per se, they’re talking heads, and their job, their reward is bringing eyeballs on television, and all they really gotta do is keep people watching until it’s commercial time, and then it’s ka-ching ka-ching ka-ching for the networks,” he said. “And it works really well in prime time, but it’s not news.”

 

https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/ex-fox-news-reporter-rips-071735278.html

 

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Ex-Fox News Reporter Rips Tucker Carlson: ‘Leading Lemmings To Their Own Slaughter'

 
 
Lee Moran
Tue, July 20, 2021, 3:17 AM
 
 

Former Fox News reporter Carl Cameron on Monday called out Tucker Carlson’s doubtful diatribes against COVID-19 vaccines, saying his ex-colleague at the conservative network was “gaslighting” viewers for ratings and revenue.

“It’s about ratings and ratings ultimately become revenue, and that’s the name of the game,” Cameron told CNN’s “New Day” about personalities on Fox and other hyperpartisan media outlets that have questioned the shots. Vaccine resistance has now become a GOP rallying cry, even though the shots have been shown safe and effective.

“Whoever gets the most clicks on social media, makes the most money, gets the most fame, gets the most attention and that type of activity is not journalism,” Cameron continued. “It’s not news. It’s gaslighting. It’s propaganda.”

Cameron, Fox’s chief political correspondent until 2017, noted how new COVID-19 cases in the United States have soared in just the last week — with 99.5% of deaths among those who have not been vaccinated.

People who dispute that scientific evidence are putting lives at risk, said Cameron.

“It makes no sense whatsoever,” he said. “This is literally the metaphor of the lemmings running to their own slaughter. People who are listening to that sort of stuff instead of the science that goes way way back.”

“It is the opinion hosts who aren’t journalists per se, they’re talking heads, and their job, their reward is bringing eyeballs on television, and all they really gotta do is keep people watching until it’s commercial time, and then it’s ka-ching ka-ching ka-ching for the networks,” he said. “And it works really well in prime time, but it’s not news.”

 

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Prominent Republicans find new enthusiasm for COVID-19 vaccines

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Thu, July 22, 2021, 5:00 AM
 
 

Some GOP lawmakers and media figures have been making a point to be publicly supportive of coronavirus vaccines as the Delta variant rips through parts of the country with low vaccination rates.

Why it matters: Vaccine resistance is much higher among Republicans than Democrats, and some party leaders have been openly hostile to the U.S. vaccination effort despite the effectiveness of the shots.

 

Driving the news: Members of House GOP leadership and the GOP Doctors Caucus are having a press conference this morning to "discuss the need for individuals to get vaccinated, uncover the origins of the pandemic, and keep schools and businesses open," per a press release.

  • Attendees include Reps. Elise Stefanik and Steve Scalise, who received his first shot of the vaccine last weekend.

  • “Especially with the delta variant becoming a lot more aggressive and seeing another spike, it was a good time to do it,” Scalise told NOLA.com.

Other prominent conservatives have also spoken up about the merits of the vaccine this week.

  • “It absolutely makes sense for many Americans to get vaccinated. I believe in science. I believe in the science of vaccinations," Fox News' Sean Hannity said on his show Monday.

  • “These shots need to get in everybody’s arm as rapidly as possible, or we’re going to be back in a situation in the fall that we don’t yearn for, that we went through last year,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on Tuesday.

The big picture: Among the unvaccinated — who are disproportionately likely to be Republican or live in red counties and states — the pandemic is far from over.

Yes, but: Even among supporters of the vaccine, messaging can be confusing or contradictory.

  • Hannity followed up his Monday pro-vaccine statement with an interview with a woman protesting her college’s vaccine requirement, per AP, and other Fox hosts have continued to criticize the vaccine or the vaccination effort.

  • Governors and state lawmakers have passed or are pushing measures that would prohibit vaccine requirements and protect the unvaccinated from "discrimination."

What Trump's saying: The former president's latest statement regarding the vaccines didn't exactly encourage them.

  • "People are refusing to take the Vaccine because they don't trust [Biden's] Administration, they don't trust the Election results, and they certainly don't trust the Fake News, which is refusing to tell the Truth," Trump said last weekend.

The bottom line: The vast majority of Americans who are still dying from the virus are unvaccinated, and it's ultimately not in anyone's best interest for political figures to dissuade their followers from getting the vaccine.

 

https://news.yahoo.com/prominent-republicans-enthusiasm-coronavirus-vaccines-090023267.html

 

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Prominent Republicans find new enthusiasm for COVID-19 vaccines

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Caitlin Owens
Thu, July 22, 2021, 5:00 AM
 
 

Some GOP lawmakers and media figures have been making a point to be publicly supportive of coronavirus vaccines as the Delta variant rips through parts of the country with low vaccination rates.

Why it matters: Vaccine resistance is much higher among Republicans than Democrats, and some party leaders have been openly hostile to the U.S. vaccination effort despite the effectiveness of the shots.

 

Driving the news: Members of House GOP leadership and the GOP Doctors Caucus are having a press conference this morning to "discuss the need for individuals to get vaccinated, uncover the origins of the pandemic, and keep schools and businesses open," per a press release.

  • Attendees include Reps. Elise Stefanik and Steve Scalise, who received his first shot of the vaccine last weekend.

  • “Especially with the delta variant becoming a lot more aggressive and seeing another spike, it was a good time to do it,” Scalise told NOLA.com.

Other prominent conservatives have also spoken up about the merits of the vaccine this week.

  • “It absolutely makes sense for many Americans to get vaccinated. I believe in science. I believe in the science of vaccinations," Fox News' Sean Hannity said on his show Monday.

  • “These shots need to get in everybody’s arm as rapidly as possible, or we’re going to be back in a situation in the fall that we don’t yearn for, that we went through last year,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on Tuesday.

The big picture: Among the unvaccinated — who are disproportionately likely to be Republican or live in red counties and states — the pandemic is far from over.

Yes, but: Even among supporters of the vaccine, messaging can be confusing or contradictory.

  • Hannity followed up his Monday pro-vaccine statement with an interview with a woman protesting her college’s vaccine requirement, per AP, and other Fox hosts have continued to criticize the vaccine or the vaccination effort.

  • Governors and state lawmakers have passed or are pushing measures that would prohibit vaccine requirements and protect the unvaccinated from "discrimination."

What Trump's saying: The former president's latest statement regarding the vaccines didn't exactly encourage them.

  • "People are refusing to take the Vaccine because they don't trust [Biden's] Administration, they don't trust the Election results, and they certainly don't trust the Fake News, which is refusing to tell the Truth," Trump said last weekend.

The bottom line: The vast majority of Americans who are still dying from the virus are unvaccinated, and it's ultimately not in anyone's best interest for political figures to dissuade their followers from getting the vaccine.

 

https://news.yahoo.com/prominent-republicans-enthusiasm-coronavirus-vaccines-090023267.html

 

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Bottom line is, "death" is in life's equation who's too tell me what to do with my life, my choice, my body my choice. This is one time I agree with the "me too" movement.

Their scare tactic is to manipulate the numbers, can't comprehend why the urgency to push a vaccine that isn't approved, much less forced on children.  Why aren't they talking about the deaths the vaccine has caused? 

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Bottom line is, "death" is in life's equation who's too tell me what to do with my life, my choice, my body my choice. This is one time I agree with the "me too" movement.

Their scare tactic is to manipulate the numbers, can't comprehend why the urgency to push a vaccine that isn't approved, much less forced on children.  Why aren't they talking about the deaths the vaccine has caused? 

 

Life is in life's equation also....God wouldn't have allowed millions of his children to become scientists/doctors if he didn't believe in the benefit.

 

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Life is in life's equation also....God wouldn't have allowed millions of his children to become scientists/doctors if he didn't believe in the benefit.

 

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Correct, doctors and scientists are given free will by God... when they begin to think they are God, chaos comes into play.  

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Makes it kind of tough for you to accept Operation Warp Speed as an honorable endeavor, eh?

 

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I accepted it because President Trump has a heart for the people of America. He trusted his science team to help make choices, he even had a treatment plan but was blocked by the scientists, unfortunately he was in for a battle not only with Fauci's team, but with the socialist demo, the media and more. If in office, he would listen to the voice of the people and make changes. Fire everyone!!!

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I accepted it because President Trump has a heart for the people of America. He trusted his science team to help make choices, he even had a treatment plan but was blocked by the scientists, unfortunately he was in for a battle not only with Fauci's team, but with the socialist demo, the media and more. If in office, he would listen to the voice of the people and make changes. Fire everyone!!!

 

So much for his claim of only hiring the best and the brightest.

 

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I accepted it because President Trump has a heart for the people of America. He trusted his science team to help make choices, he even had a treatment plan but was blocked by the scientists, unfortunately he was in for a battle not only with Fauci's team, but with the socialist demo, the media and more. If in office, he would listen to the voice of the people and make changes. Fire everyone!!!

 

And when you mention the "voice of the people", you're talking about his base, which is only about 38%+/- of the voting population.

 

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Yup, those silly accurate numbers.....imagine how Blue it would be without an Electoral College.  :o

 

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Yes.....with out that worthless electoral college the entire country would be run by the same brainiac Government officials of the left......The ones who are letting the rioters destroy their cities.....allowing crime without penalty.....sanctuary cities.....an open border in the south.....while locking down the north.....(should I continue?)

 

We could really have a fine country if they would just get rid of that darn electoral college......it would be all sunshine and lollipops...!

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Yes.....with out that worthless electoral college the entire country would be run by the same brainiac Government officials of the left......The ones who are letting the rioters destroy their cities.....allowing crime without penalty.....sanctuary cities.....an open border in the south.....while locking down the north.....(should I continue?)

 

We could really have a fine country if they would just get rid of that darn electoral college......it would be all sunshine and lollipops...!

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I'm not advocating for doing away with the Electoral College....I'm simply using it as an example of how Blue politically this country really is.....a point you obviously agree with after reading your quoted post.

 

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I'm not advocating for doing away with the Electoral College....I'm simply using it as an example of how Blue politically this country really is.....a point you obviously agree with after reading your quoted post.

 

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Blue...yes......just in the brain washed highly populated big cities that are crime infested up the wazoo.....

 

Lots of those "blue" folks living their dream in those concrete jungles and surrounding suburbia's.......CL

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Blue...yes......just in the brain washed highly populated big cities that are crime infested up the wazoo.....

 

Lots of those "blue" folks living their dream in those concrete jungles and surrounding suburbia's.......CL

 

I agree with the concrete jungle part....I'll never live in a city again.  To each their own.

 

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