Fux Noise Entertained Putin-Friendly Talking Points. Then Their Colleagues Were Killed in Ukraine.
Fox News’s coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine can sometimes feel like watching two different channels: On one, you might catch a live interview with former president Donald Trump refusing to acknowledge that Vladimir Putin is evil, or see Tucker Carlson elevating Russian propaganda. On the other, rather than pundits giving Putin a pass, you will find war reporting from Fox’s correspondents who are actually on the ground.
That disconnect became disturbingly apparent this week when tragedy hit: On Monday, a vehicle with a Fox News reporter, cameraman, and a local producer working for the network was struck by incoming fire just outside Ukraine's capital city of Kyiv. Cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski and local consultant Oleksandra “Sasha” Kuvshynova died, the network confirmed Tuesday. Fox News correspondent Benjamin Hall was seriously wounded, and later transported out of Ukraine. (He’s in stable condition, according to one Fox News journalist who requested anonymity to relay internal conversations.)
The incident put a magnifying glass on some of Fox’s stars, many of whom have faced growing criticism for underplaying Russia’s war against Ukraine. But it doesn’t appear to have caused the newsroom-wide reckoning at Fox that one might expect: The coverage has been notably more somber, but some commentators have been unable to resist veering back into business as usual. “There is no edict coming down from Fox management,” the Fox journalist told V.F. “No one is telling hosts what to say. You can see it on air.”
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/03/fox-news-hosts-putin-ukraine
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