Checking Facts? WashPost Whacks Trump with '4 Pinocchios' for Touting POSSIBLE Cures
By Tim Graham | April 13, 2020 6:05 PM EDT
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Liberals insist the science is unsettled on hydroxychloroquine as a cure for the coronavirus. If that’s the case, then why would The Washington Post "Fact Checker" squad give President Trump “Four Pinocchios†for touting it as a hopeful possibility? There aren't enough facts for a "fact check," but if Fox News is promoting it, it must be "incorrect."
There are anecdotal results of surprising recoveries using hydroxychloroquine. But the Post headline on Monday screams about the harm of "false hope."
How false hope spread about hydroxychloroquine to treat covid-19 — and the consequences that followed
President Trump earns Four Pinocchios for seizing on Internet speculation to promote a drug of unproven merit in combating covid-19.
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https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2020/04/13/checking-facts-washpost-whacks-trump-4-pinocchios-touting-possible
