Fox News Contributor Admits to Creating Fake Story About Canadian Woman Being ‘Trampled’ to Death
Fox NewsFox News contributor Sara Carter has walked back her entirely fictitious claim about a woman dying after being trampled by a Canadian authority on horseback amid ongoing trucker-led protests. While the claim wasn’t accurate, the tweet was red-meat for her over 1.3 million conservative Twitter followers, who quickly amplified the baseless death as evidence of Canadian government wrongdoing. “Reports are the woman trampled by a Canadian horse patrol just died at the hospital ... #Trudeau #
news.yahoo.comCoronavirus deniers take aim at hospitals as pandemic grows
On Saturday, a video taken outside The Brooklyn Hospital Center went viral, showing a quiet scene in an attempt to counter the idea that the coronavirus pandemic has strained some hospitals. The video, which was retweeted by a member of the New York City Council, was later confirmed as legitimate by the hospital. More from NBC News:Graphic: See the day-by-day size of the coronavirus outbreakCoronavirus map: The COVID-19 virus is spreading across the world. NBC News found more than a dozen videos pushing the #FilmYourHospital conspiracy. The situation inside hospitals in some of the areas of the U.S. hardest hit by the coronavirus has been thoroughly covered by many media outlets, including NBC News.
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