{"id":54927,"date":"2022-09-29T13:12:09","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T20:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=54927"},"modified":"2022-09-29T13:12:09","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T20:12:09","slug":"idiots-at-fox-news-downplay-hurricane-damage-in-our-country-vs-puerto-rico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=54927","title":{"rendered":"Idiots at Fox News Downplay Hurricane Damage ‘In Our Country’ vs Puerto Rico"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Hurricane Ian rumbles over Florida and much of the south eastern seaboard, leaving human and material destruction in its wake, the coverage of this unnatural product of climate change by Fox News proves to be just another opportunity to propagate disinformation and amplify ignorance.<\/p>\n

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On Thursday morning, host Martha MacCallum responded to comments by her colleague Bill Hemmer regarding the the state of the power grid in Florida following the hurricane’s landfall. Hemmer noted that 200,000 people were reported to have lost power, and that that number was likely go up in the next few hours. MacCallum agreed and added that…<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know you feel terrible for people in Puerto Rico who were just hit, in Cuba who were just hit. Thank God we have better infrastructure in our country. We\u2019ve put a lot of investment into making sure that we\u2019re ready for these things. But it’s an act of nature and you never know exactly what to expect.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum: \u201cYou feel terrible for people in Puerto Rico who were just hit, and Cuba who were just hit. Thank God we have better infrastructure in our country, we\u2019ve put a lot of investment into make sure that we\u2019re ready for these things.\u201d<\/p>\n

Does she know? pic.twitter.com\/xkI9Iq03jO<\/a><\/p>\n

— Eric Kleefeld (@EricKleefeld) September 28, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n