After facing intense scrutiny for planning to air a baseless conspiracy theory that infectious-disease
expert Anthony S. Fauci helped to create the coronavirus, TV broadcaster Sinclair Broadcast Group announced Saturday that it will delay the segment to edit the context of the claimsm the Washington Post reports.
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| Anthony Fauci |
In the Sinclair interview, Mikovits claimed that Fauci “manufactured” the coronavirus and shipped it to Wuhan, China, where the outbreak originated. A chyron during the segment reads, “DID DR. FAUCI CREATE COVID-19?”
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| Judy Mikovits |
The show was released online earlier this week before it was to be aired on local news channels. As of Saturday afternoon, the show was pulled from Sinclair websites.
Bolling, a former Fox News personality, did not challenge Mikovits’s assertions, calling what she said a “hefty claim.” He later told The Washington Post via text that he brought Fox News medical contributor Nicole Saphier on the show after to provide an opposing viewpoint.
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Saphier said during her interview that it was “highly unlikely” Fauci was responsible for the coronavirus.
— 🇺🇸 ERIC BOLLING 🇺🇸 (@ericbolling) July 25, 2020
Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has come under heavy criticism by some conservatives as he has stated positions opposite of the president over the virus and measures needed to contain its spread. Trump, while at times praising the doctor, also has been critical at times.
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