{"id":44856,"date":"2020-04-15T12:10:56","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T19:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=44856"},"modified":"2020-04-15T12:38:24","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T19:38:24","slug":"covid-1-how-stupid-are-the-trump-fluffing-hacks-on-fox-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=44856","title":{"rendered":"COVID-1? How Stupid are the Trump-Fluffing Hacks on Fox News?"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the outset of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, Donald Trump and his enablers at State TV (aka Fox News) have been producing an impressive amount of propaganda and outright lies. Trump spends the majority of his time at the Coronavirus Task Force briefings defending his abysmal record and yelling at reporters. He has, in fact, hijacked the briefings to transform them into campaign events for his reelection<\/a><\/strong>. And now Trump has ordered the Treasury Department to put his name on the stimulus checks that Congress allocated as relief for the severe economic hardship the nation is suffering.<\/p>\n

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Never mind that it isn’t his money, it’s the American people’s money. Trump just wants to make sure that there is some acknowledgement that the checks are connected to him. He doesn’t need to worry about that. Most Americans already know that the only reason these checks had to be issued was due to Trump’s negligence and incompetence. Note also that some 80 million people will be getting these funds via direct deposit<\/a><\/strong> and will never see a paper check.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Fox News continues to parrot whatever falsehoods and self-exalting disinformation flows from Trump and his regime. They recently ran a dangerously deceitful segment that actually asserted that the coronavirus “was not and is not a pandemic<\/a><\/strong>.”<\/em> And their perversions of reality are having an impact, at least on those foolish enough to rely on Fox News<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The startling abundance of idiocy never ceases to amaze. Just this week Trump declared that as President he has “total authority”<\/em> to force states to bend to his fascistic will (a position he didn’t really think through<\/a><\/strong>). He also announced that in the middle of a global pandemic he was halting funding to the World Health Organization<\/a><\/strong> (WHO), ostensibly because they were soft on China near the beginning of the crisis. But they weren’t nearly as soft as Trump:<\/p>\n

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China has been working very hard to contain the Coronavirus. The United States greatly appreciates their efforts and transparency. It will all work out well. In particular, on behalf of the American People, I want to thank President Xi!<\/p>\n

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n