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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSinclair gives "Plandemic" conspiracy theorists a platform to spread their lies about Dr. Fauci ...
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sinclair still doesn't get near enough attention for being total utter garbage. this is next-level conspiracy theory TV (via
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Sinclair gives Plandemic" conspiracy theorists a platform to spread their lies about Dr. Fauci and the coronavirus
WRITTEN BY ZACHARY PLEAT
RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ALEX KAPLAN
PUBLISHED 07/23/20 4:48 PM EDT
Baseless conspiracy theories about the novel coronavirus and Dr. Anthony Fauci, a prominent member of the White House coronavirus task force, found a platform on the new episode of Sinclair Broadcast Groups America This Week. The episode is available for streaming on Sinclair-owned or -operated television station websites and is set to air on dozens of Sinclair stations over the weekend.
Toward the end of his show, host Eric Bolling interviewed Judy Mikovits of the conspiracy theory video Plandemic and her attorney Larry Klayman about their plans to sue Fauci. He introduced the prerecorded interview by referring to her as an expert in virology who previously worked with Dr. Anthony Fauci.
Mikovits gained notoriety after she made multiple false and misleading claims about the coronavirus and public health in Plandemic. Mikovits argued that mandatory coronavirus vaccines will kill millions as they already have with their vaccines, and falsely claimed that "flu vaccines increase the odds by 36% of getting COVID-19" and are part of a plot against what filmmaker Mikki Willis called natural remedies for the virus. Mikovits also asserted that its "insanity" to close beaches because somehow the sand and healing microbes in the ocean will actually help treat the virus. She also touted antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for the virus, despite multiple studies casting doubt on its efficacy, and she and the film pushed the false claim that the death count from COVID-19 is being inflated. The news magazine Science also reported that Mikovits made false claims about Fauci and her own credentials in the film, and FactCheck.org explained that she made false claims about face masks and Ebola. At the end of May, Mikovits also defended a bogus bleach product as a treatment for COVID-19. YouTube, Facebook, and multiple other platforms have removed Plandemic from their sites for containing potentially harmful misinformation about COVID-19.
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WRITTEN BY ZACHARY PLEAT
RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ALEX KAPLAN
PUBLISHED 07/23/20 4:48 PM EDT
Baseless conspiracy theories about the novel coronavirus and Dr. Anthony Fauci, a prominent member of the White House coronavirus task force, found a platform on the new episode of Sinclair Broadcast Groups America This Week. The episode is available for streaming on Sinclair-owned or -operated television station websites and is set to air on dozens of Sinclair stations over the weekend.
Toward the end of his show, host Eric Bolling interviewed Judy Mikovits of the conspiracy theory video Plandemic and her attorney Larry Klayman about their plans to sue Fauci. He introduced the prerecorded interview by referring to her as an expert in virology who previously worked with Dr. Anthony Fauci.
Mikovits gained notoriety after she made multiple false and misleading claims about the coronavirus and public health in Plandemic. Mikovits argued that mandatory coronavirus vaccines will kill millions as they already have with their vaccines, and falsely claimed that "flu vaccines increase the odds by 36% of getting COVID-19" and are part of a plot against what filmmaker Mikki Willis called natural remedies for the virus. Mikovits also asserted that its "insanity" to close beaches because somehow the sand and healing microbes in the ocean will actually help treat the virus. She also touted antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for the virus, despite multiple studies casting doubt on its efficacy, and she and the film pushed the false claim that the death count from COVID-19 is being inflated. The news magazine Science also reported that Mikovits made false claims about Fauci and her own credentials in the film, and FactCheck.org explained that she made false claims about face masks and Ebola. At the end of May, Mikovits also defended a bogus bleach product as a treatment for COVID-19. YouTube, Facebook, and multiple other platforms have removed Plandemic from their sites for containing potentially harmful misinformation about COVID-19.
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Sinclair gives "Plandemic" conspiracy theorists a platform to spread their lies about Dr. Fauci ... (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Jul 2020
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mahatmakanejeeves
(57,464 posts)1. Dr. Fauci gets to watch this locally on WJLA.
'America This Week': Cotton decries Portland 'insurrectionists'; COVID-19 origin theory
by Sinclair Broadcast Group Wednesday, July 22nd 2020
WASHINGTON (SBG) "America This Week" host Eric Bolling sat down with Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton to discuss the deployment of federal troops to U.S. cities. He also spoke to the founder of Freedom Watch, Larry Klayman, who is representing the controversial figure behind the "Plandemic" video, Dr. Judy Mikovitz in a lawsuit.
This week's program also featured rock music singer and conservative activist Ted Nugent, Dr. Nicole Saphier, author of the book "Make America Healthy Again and three advisers for the Trump 2020 campaign, Pam Bondi, Katrina Pierson and Mercedes Schlapp.
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KLAYMAN, MIKOVITZ BLAME FAUCI, CHINA FOR CORONAVIRUS
Dr. Judy Mikovitz, a virologist and the figure behind the coronavirus conspiratorial documentary "Plandemic" joined as a lead plaintiff in a lawsuit led by Freedom Watch's Larry Klayman. They are also considering a lawsuit against top virologist Dr. Anthony Fauci related to the coronavirus pandemic.
Klayman said he and Mikovitz were looking into a U.S. grant that Fauci reportedly signed off on which helped fund the study of coronaviruses in animals at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China.
Both Klayman and Mikovitz seemed to suggest that the COVID-19 virus was part of a bioweapons program run out of Wuhan, China and the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick. These claims could not be independently verified. Top U.S. public health officials have rejected the theory that the coronavirus was manmade.
Mikovitz, who once conducted research overseen by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, claimed that Dr. Anthony Fauci promoted the coronavirus research at the Wuhan lab. "It was illegal in this country, so instead of continuing the work there he funded the studies [in China]," she said. Mikovitz further claimed that previous U.S. experiments with contagious diseases "have escaped before."
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The program streams on all Sinclair sites every Wednesday at 7 p.m. EDT/ 4 p.m. PDT.
by Sinclair Broadcast Group Wednesday, July 22nd 2020
WASHINGTON (SBG) "America This Week" host Eric Bolling sat down with Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton to discuss the deployment of federal troops to U.S. cities. He also spoke to the founder of Freedom Watch, Larry Klayman, who is representing the controversial figure behind the "Plandemic" video, Dr. Judy Mikovitz in a lawsuit.
This week's program also featured rock music singer and conservative activist Ted Nugent, Dr. Nicole Saphier, author of the book "Make America Healthy Again and three advisers for the Trump 2020 campaign, Pam Bondi, Katrina Pierson and Mercedes Schlapp.
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KLAYMAN, MIKOVITZ BLAME FAUCI, CHINA FOR CORONAVIRUS
Dr. Judy Mikovitz, a virologist and the figure behind the coronavirus conspiratorial documentary "Plandemic" joined as a lead plaintiff in a lawsuit led by Freedom Watch's Larry Klayman. They are also considering a lawsuit against top virologist Dr. Anthony Fauci related to the coronavirus pandemic.
Klayman said he and Mikovitz were looking into a U.S. grant that Fauci reportedly signed off on which helped fund the study of coronaviruses in animals at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China.
Both Klayman and Mikovitz seemed to suggest that the COVID-19 virus was part of a bioweapons program run out of Wuhan, China and the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick. These claims could not be independently verified. Top U.S. public health officials have rejected the theory that the coronavirus was manmade.
Mikovitz, who once conducted research overseen by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, claimed that Dr. Anthony Fauci promoted the coronavirus research at the Wuhan lab. "It was illegal in this country, so instead of continuing the work there he funded the studies [in China]," she said. Mikovitz further claimed that previous U.S. experiments with contagious diseases "have escaped before."
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The program streams on all Sinclair sites every Wednesday at 7 p.m. EDT/ 4 p.m. PDT.
dawg
(10,624 posts)2. My small business doesn't do television advertising, but if it did ...
I would immediately and permanently cease all advertising with any Sinclair-owned outlet. In my market, that would be Channel 13 WLOS TV out of Asheville, NC.
Gothmog
(145,291 posts)3. Public pressure matters. Don't let up.
Gothmog
(145,291 posts)4. Sinclair drops segment featuring conspiracy theory about Fauci
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The Sinclair Broadcast Group (SBGI) said Monday it will not move forward with airing a segment featuring a conspiracy theory that suggested Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, was responsible for the creation of the coronavirus.
Over the weekend, Sinclair announced it would postpone and "rework" the segment featuring discredited "Plandemic" researcher Judy Mikovits which was set to air during the program "America This Week" hosted by Eric Bolling.
But on Monday, the company pulled the plug altogether.
"Upon further review, we have decided not to air the interview with Dr. Mikovits," a spokesperson for Sinclair told CNN Business in a statement. "Although the segment did include an expert to dispute Dr. Mikovits, given the nature of the theories she presented we believe it is not appropriate to air the interview."
Over the weekend, Sinclair announced it would postpone and "rework" the segment featuring discredited "Plandemic" researcher Judy Mikovits which was set to air during the program "America This Week" hosted by Eric Bolling.
But on Monday, the company pulled the plug altogether.
"Upon further review, we have decided not to air the interview with Dr. Mikovits," a spokesperson for Sinclair told CNN Business in a statement. "Although the segment did include an expert to dispute Dr. Mikovits, given the nature of the theories she presented we believe it is not appropriate to air the interview."