Fox News systematically attacked coronavirus public health recommendations. Now its most famous viewer has it.
Fox News’ pro-Trump hosts have spent months trying to bolster President Donald Trump’s reelection chances by downplaying the threat posed by the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. They mocked former Vice President Joe Biden for the precautions his presidential campaign has taken to protect him and others and valorized Trump for defying the public health community by refusing to do so. Now, the president himself has the virus. He revealed overnight that he and the first lady, Melania Trump, had tested positive for COVID-19, and the White House on Friday...