Uncensored2008
Libertarian Radical
KUOW 94.9FM in Seattle, one of the first epicenters of the US Coronavirus outbreak, has discontinued live broadcasts of White House Coronavirus briefings due to the massive pattern of disinformation therein.
Station statement March 25 (in part):
>> After airing the White House briefings live for two weeks, a pattern of false information and exaggeration increasingly had many at KUOW questioning whether these briefings were in the best service of our mission—to create and serve a more informed public. Of even greater concern was the potential impact of false information on the health and safety of our community.A sampling of exaggerations and false information that were not fact checked in real time:● “Nobody knew there’d be a pandemic or an epidemic of this proportion,” President Trump said at a live White House briefing on March 19 despite warnings from the U.S. Intelligence community earlier this year.● “You’re seeing very few empty shelves,” our listeners heard live from President Trump on March 20. Local reporting shows many stores are out of basic supplies, including hand soap.● We’re going to be able to make the drug chloroquine “available almost immediately” said President Trump on March 19. The president claimed, incorrectly, that the FDA had fast-tracked approval of its use to treat COVID-19. There isn't current medical evidence of the efficacy of that drug in treating COVID-19.Knowing this a very fluid situation, we will revisit this decision daily. <<KUOW will continue to treat all opportunities for live preemption on a case-by-case basis weighing for importance, news value and immediacy of need-to-know. But be clear, KUOW and NPR will continue to cover White House briefings and share relevant information from federal government and public health sources in the format most useful to our listeners. <<
Inasmuch as broadcast licensing requires responsible operation as a public trust, this is a shining example of exercising it. As readers know the last named piece of misinformation has already led to an unnecessary death and hospitalization of a couple who followed that advice. so denying destructive disinformation the chance to damage the public is exactly the right call.
See also this related thread where TV networks did the same thing -- Dana7360
So in it's place, what will they play? Golden Oldies from the Roaring 20's about how great life is?
No, this is Nation Public Radio, federally funded radical leftism. NPR is like MSNBCNN on the radio, but paid for by taxpayers.
BTW, I went to the store yesterday, only the hand sanitizer shelf was empty, even toilet paper was on the shelf (limit one, and in 8 roll packs). So the president is telling the truth, the little Goebbels of NPR are lying.
Cut all federal funds from PBS and NPR - TODAY. Let China fund them, since they are nothing but Chinese propaganda anyway.