White House praises Fox for its new Covid policy

[left-of-center2012]

Fox is earning some rare praise from the White House after essentially admitting on Tuesday that it will follow the protocols pushed by the Biden administration to limit the spread of the coronavirus. In a memo obtained, Fox Corp. human resources chief Kevin Lord effectively communicated to employees that they all face a choice: Get vaccinated or face a daily Covid-19 test.

Lord told staffers that after the company asked employees to report their vaccination status,
more than 90% of full-time Fox staffers "reported that they are fully vaccinated." Lord then explained that
"soon" the company will introduce daily testing for the staffers "who are not vaccinated or have not provided their vaccination status." Lord said "additional details about this protocol" would be "shared with the relevant employees in the near future."

In effect, Fox has adopted a more stringent version of the vaccine and testing mandate President Biden announced last week — the mandate that the company's loudest voices have trashed and deemed to be nonsensical and "authoritarian." While Biden pushed a vaccination or weekly testing requirement, Fox is saying it will implement a vaccination or daily testing requirement for unvaccinated staff.

All of this has prompted the White House to offer some praise to the Rupert Murdoch-controlled company, while also issuing a challenge to it: "Today's news from Fox News follows a trend we're seeing across the country: vaccination and testing requirements work," a White House spokesperson told me Tuesday night. "We are glad they have stepped up to protect their workforce and strengthen the economy, and we encourage them convey to their audience that these types of practices will protect their employees, their communities, and the economy..."

https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/14/media/white-house-fox-covid-policy-reliable-sources/index.html

[tanyev]

1. Heh.

[gratuitous]

2. Newest trend at Fox HR

"How do I get de-vaccinated?"

[Wounded Bear]

3. Hannity is gonna love that...

[left-of-center2012]

4. Expect Tucker Carlson to thank the W.H. for the praise of Fox

[moose65]

5. This is typical

Just like Trump himself, who received the best treatment available when he had Covid, and then he was vaccinated.

Of course the Fox bobbleheads are vaxxed. They don't want to be around the unvaxxed masses any more than anyone else. Most of the Republican politicians at the national level have had the vaccine.

But that's not the point - they still need to pump up the base.