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How Fox News convinced Trump that it found a miracle cure for coronavirus
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I hope they& #39;re right, because if they aren& #39;t, the federal strategy to deal with the virus was sidetracked by the president& #39;s TV habit.
It is bad that the president takes advice from his television.
It can work out or not in any specific case, but as a general practice and method of guiding federal policy, it is unstable and dangerous.
In this particular case, evidence for the benefits of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine as a coronavirus treatment is mixed and anecdotal. But Trump& #39;s Fox advisers are telling him it& #39;s a surefire success, so he keeps pushing it.
Hopefully it works out, because federal energy going in to backing antimalarials isn& #39;t being used to pursue other potential treatments.
The mechanics here are virtually identical to any number of past Trump-Fox feedback loop cases.
Fox floats hydroxychloroquine as a cure --> Trump sees segments and promotes drug --> With Trump onboard Fox steps up promotion --> Trump keeps seeing segments and talking about it.
Fox floats hydroxychloroquine as a cure --> Trump sees segments and promotes drug --> With Trump onboard Fox steps up promotion --> Trump keeps seeing segments and talking about it.
