As Fox News Played Down the Coronavirus, Its Chief Protected Himself
If you were watching some of the commentators on Fox News and Fox Business in the first 10 days of March, you wouldnt have been too worried about the coronavirus it would be no worse than the flu, and the real story was the coronavirus impeachment scam.
Many of the networks elderly, pro-Trump viewers responded to the coverage and the presidents public statements by taking the virus less seriously than, a week later, everyone else had. Public health experts have said that some of them may die as a result, as I reported this week.
But one elderly Fox News viewer, a crucial supporter of President Trump, took the threat seriously: The channels chairman, Rupert Murdoch, who was to celebrate his 89th birthday on March 11.
On March 8, as the virus was spreading, the Murdoch family called off a planned party out of concern for the patriarchs health, according to a person familiar with the cancellation. There were about 20 people on the guest list.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/business/media/fox-news-coronavirus-rupert-murdoch.html