'It's going to cost lives': Maddow says networks shouldn't air Trump coronavirus briefings 'misinformation'
by Mike Brest
| March 21, 2020 09:59 AM
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow said news networks should not air the daily White House coronavirus briefings, arguing President Trump has used them to share "misinformation" about the pandemic.
Maddow went through a list of misstatements the president has made during the briefings and said that, were it up to her, she wouldn't air them.
She showed a clip Friday of the president discussing a drug intended to treat malaria that could cure the coronavirus, although more testing is needed. Trump said the drug, hydroxychloroquine, will be made available “almost immediately,†but health officials have since provided a more cautionary report.
“The president loves saying things like, you know, ‘There’s a drug we’ve got, it’s very effective. It approved already. Everybody is going to get it.’ He loves saying things like that because that would be a lovely thing to be able to tell people,†Maddow explained. "Unless, of course, that’s not true, and telling people a fairy tale like that is cruel and harmful and needlessly diverting and wildly irresponsible from anyone in any leadership role."
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