Supposed COVID victim promoted by NBC didn't even have the virus
by Becket Adams, Commentary Writer |
| July 10, 2020 05:21 PM
Of the news organizations that have gone all-in promoting coronavirus pandemic panic, few have been more active and eager than NBC News.
Consider, for example, NBC contributor Dr. Joseph Fair.
Fair revealed this week that a recent antibody test shows he has not contracted the coronavirus. That is a hell of a thing to hear from the same network contributor who was passed around from one NBC program to another two months ago to describe in excruciating detail his battle with the virus and his subsequent journey to recovery.
In fact, in May, Fair appeared on the network “nearly a dozen times to detail his struggle with COVID-19,†according to a tally kept by the Washington Free Beacon’s David Rutz.
The details of Fair's appearances, many of which have been cataloged by Rutz, reveal just how little effort people at NBC put into verifying the doctor's claims about having the virus.
On May 14, for example, Fair joined Today from his hospital bed in New Orleans to theorize for the show’s massive audience that he had caught COVID-19 through his eyeballs. Fair made sure to mention that he took a packed flight and that he wore a mask and gloves. Hilariously enough, Today co-host Hoda Kotb noted specifically that Fair had tested at least four times for the virus and that each test had come back negative. But did this stop anyone from presenting the medical expert as a genuine coronavirus victim? Nope!
“Clearly, you have it,†said Kotb after noting the four negative tests.
Today co-host Craig Melvin called the "false negative" tests "scary." Co-host Savannah Guthrie said they were a "cautionary tale," whatever the hell that means.
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