MSNBC's Rachel Maddow flamed for not deleting false tweet about Oklahoma hospitals: 'Queen of misinformation's
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Via: vic-eldred • 3 years ago • 37 commentsBy: Brandon Gillespie (Fox News)
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MSNBC host Rachel Maddow was excoriated on social media this week after failing to delete a tweet containing false information about hospitals in Oklahoma being overrun with coronavirus patients overdosing on Ivermectin, a parasite-fighting medication that can also be sold over the counter as a veterinary drug.
Maddow was previously criticized over the Thursday tweet, along with a number of other media figures, for spreading the false story without verifying it's authenticity after the hospital system in question denied the source's claim that people were being treated for the overdoses.
The story, which was originally reported at Oklahoma's KFOR-TV news, quoted testimony from Dr. Jason McElyea claiming that hospitals in a rural part of Oklahoma were being overrun with patients overdosing on the drug, causing gunshot victims to have to wait to be treated.
It was later deemed false after the Northeastern Hospital System denied any patients were treated for overdoses from the drug and that McElyea hadn't actually worked at one of the hospitals in question for two months.
Critics blasted Maddow on Twitter and questioned why her tweet still existed despite the claims in the article she referenced being debunked.
"Why haven't you issued a retraction Rachel? It's one thing to make a mistake, it's quite another to purposefully keep a lie alive," wrote Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas.
Fox News contributor Joe Concha expressed urgency to remove the inaccurate post by pointing out the number of likes and retweets it had already received.
In addition to questioning why Maddow's tweet was still up and hadn't been removed by Twitter, journalist Glenn Greenwald suggested it was actually dangerous to her followers because a person needing urgent care could read it and inaccurately believe emergency rooms near them were full.
Another critic referred to Maddow as "the queen of misinformation," while another, who claimed to be one of her fans, called on her to issue a retraction because it was undermining her credibility to leave up the tweet.
The CDC has warned against the use of Ivermectin to treat the coronavirus, issuing a statement cautioning Americans that it is not an approved drug for its treatment or prevention.
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I thought social media outlets were going to delete misinformation?
Some seem to think that liberals can't ever be wrong.
I wonder if we still have the false claim on our front page? It's not really a good testimonial to this organization.
... more journalistic integrity in her little finger than the top dozen trump ass-lickers posing as journalists in the alt-right media combined.
So now we know that you think deliberately leaving a post up that has been proven to be false is "journalistic integrity".
THAT kind if fucked-up thinking has got us to this point.
prove it.
You JUST fucking wrote it.
Post 3, remember writing it about 46 minutes ago??????
She's not a journalist. She's merely the left wing version of Hannity or Carlson.
She has zero journalistic integrity, simply based on her raving bias alone, which is fine because she's not actually a journalist.
Didn't Dorsey ban others for tweeting false information?
What kind of false information? Specifically...
Read the article............
You're welcome
Read my question closer, and look at the comment I posted my question about (hint: I quoted the pertinent part of the comment).
Then, go ahead and try to answer my question. Hopefully next time you will answer the actual question I asked.
And I gave you an example of what kind of false information.
Any further questions?
When I ask how much an elephant weighs, and your answer is "blue", it does not answer the question, just like your answer has nothing to do with my question.
Yes. When are you going to answer MY question, and not some random question you decide to come up with. See my "elephant" example above.
Your question was answered in the article.
"Blue" huh?
In black & white.
False?
definition of beclown
1. to make a fool of , to make into a clown , to clown around, make a fool of oneself
2. a conservative political posture
Didn't read the article did you?
It isn't about Covid cases taking up beds; it is about Madcow lying about people overdosing on Ivermectin trying to treat Covid 19 cases, and because of that (not Covid 19) blocking access for patients with gun shot wounds and other needs.
So yes, it is true- Madcow lied; and her sheeple are now trying to spin her lie as hard as they can.
Apparently didn't even bother to read the title. How lazy can one get?
I did read the article as I always do and as I always do went deeper. My apologies for not sticking to the shallow end of the pool. I know it's your comfort zone.
So lying is the deep end? You must think Donald Trump is the smartest man ever.
In my field I have met many Donald Trumps most of whom were very smart and many like him were lying narcissistic sociopaths.
I n Mississippi , which has one of the lowest rates of vaccination against the coronavirus, the state Department of Health issued an alert about the surge in calls to poison control in August. The department said that at least 70% of recent calls to the state poison control center were related to people who ingested a version of the drug meant for livestock.
Please stop spreading fake news. Rachel Maddow doesn't need your help.
Again...false information reported in your link.
Ain't nothing like providing the TRUTH.
Thanks!
I just don't get how people are still being bamboozled by these false stories. Can they not read, comprehend, and do any research at all on their own?
Why must they always swallow the swill so willingly and be dupes for the media?
The correction was issued August 25.. The fake claim is still appearing in left wing news
Progressives seem to LOVE them some fake news.
I wonder how many MORE links and articles we'll get from those still believing it is all true, even after seeing proof and multiple corrections.
Good catch.
Now maybe you can get Public Radio Tulsa to do a retraction
to their archived story from 09/04/2021
like Breitbart or Info Wars would. /s
So you used a source you say is similar to Brietbart.
No, not what I said at all, lol,
but keep trying to be cute.
Seems you where the one tryin’ to be a cutie and throwing in some deflection.