{"id":50639,"date":"2021-09-07T15:05:34","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T22:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=50639"},"modified":"2021-09-07T15:05:34","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T22:05:34","slug":"really-fox-news-blames-low-vaccination-rates-on-biden-and-black-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=50639","title":{"rendered":"REALLY? Fox News Blames Low Vaccination Rates on Biden and Black Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"

For more than a year and a half, Fox News has been doing everything in its power to aid and abet the unimpeded progress of the coronavirus. They have been working feverishly to undermine the efforts of responsible health professionals and government agencies. When they weren’t downplaying the severity of the virus<\/a><\/strong>, they were spreading lies that the vaccines don’t work<\/a><\/strong> and “they”<\/em> aren’t telling you.<\/p>\n

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This long running Fox News narrative is closely aligned with Donald Trump’s COVID disinformation. He admitted early on – in private, just like how he got his vaccination – that he was aware of how deadly the pandemic could be, but deliberately downplayed it<\/a><\/strong> in public. He is still trying furiously to steer his cult disciples away from getting vaccinated<\/a><\/strong>. And so is Fox News.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday Fox News did a segment with Liz Peek, a Fox contributor and business consultant. When the discussion turned to the status of vaccinations in the U.S., Peek launched into a spiel that sought to lay the blame for America’s unvaccinated on President Biden and the nation’s African Americans:<\/p>\n

“The situation wouldn’t even exist if Joe Biden had brought the country together as he promised to do in a common single cause of getting everybody vaccinated, I think this is part of a bigger story, which is the failure of the President to get Americans to take the shot. Only 62% of American adults have been vaccinated.” […]<\/p>\n

“The Biden administration, and Joe Biden himself, politicized this effort. This hardens attitudes when you start pointing fingers at Republicans, saying, ‘Oh, it’s these loony right-wingers that are refusing to take the shot,’ and not acknowledging that there are a lot of people, including a lot of African-Americans, who have been resistant and doubtful of these vaccines, you’re really making a big mistake. I really put this on the White House.'”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Fox News contributor Liz Peek blames Joe Biden and Black people for low vaccination rates. pic.twitter.com\/5Yx3Irnl1j<\/a><\/p>\n

— David Edwards (@DavidEdwards) September 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n