Kara Swisher
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Millions of People Get Coronavirus Updates From Fox News – This Lawsuit Says the Network Gave Them False Information
Fox News is facing intense scrutiny for its initial coverage of the coronavirus pandemic and a lawsuit filed in Washington is asking a state court to bar the network from sharing false information about the pandemic.The top-rated network was sued Thursday by the Washington League for Increased Transparency and Ethics. TheWrap has reviewed the ten-page document, in which Fox News Corp., owner Rupert Murdoch, AT&T TV and Comcast were named as defendants.The organization is seeking an injunction to
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ReCode Co-Founder Blames Fox News for Aging Mother’s Lack of Coronavirus Concern
In a scathing New York Times op-ed, Kara Swisher, the veteran tech journalist who co-founded the site ReCode, blamed Fox News — not Facebook or Google — for her aging mother’s initial lack of concern about the coronavirus pandemic.Swisher wrote her mother’s “primary source of news” is Fox News and initially didn’t take the coronavirus threat seriously because of that.“But she was not concerned — and it was clear why. Her primary source of news is Fox. In those days she was telling me that the CO
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