The open letter, signed by 74 professors and journalists, argued that the network has 'contributed' to the spread of the pandemic.
Journalism and communications professors have called on Fox News to stop spreading"misinformation" about the COVID-19 pandemic in an open letter to Rupert Murdoch and Fox Corporation CEO Lachlan Murdoch on Wednesday.
Their letter also urged Fox News to protect its elderly viewers by basing its coronavirus coverage on scientific fact.reported that 74 academics and journalists had signed the open letter as of Wednesday evening.Columbia Journalism School Professor Todd Gitlin and 73 others said:"The misinformation that reaches the Fox News audience is a danger to public health.
It also noted that the network's reporters were not necessarily at fault, saying they had done"some solid reporting" on the COVID-19 outbreak. "Inexcusably, Fox News has violated elementary canons of journalism. In so doing, it has contributed to the spread of a grave pandemic.
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