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‘Journalist’ Harris Faulkner Tells Big Fat Falsehood About 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic

Posted by Ellen -7859.80pc on June 07, 2023 · Flag

Did “journalist” Harris Faulkner not bother to check her facts when she compared the 1918 Spanish Flue pandemic to the Covid pandemic? Or did she lie about the 1918 school closures?

For the second night in a row, Harris Faulkner made a fool of herself while auditioning for Tucker Carlson’s prime time slot. On Monday night, she ridiculously claimed “my pronouns are U.S.A.” and dubiously claimed she had been kicked out of a restaurant for “openly bowing my head in prayer hands.”

Faulkner took great exception to being labeled “far right” by a guest not long ago. “I’m a journalist,” Faulkner huffed in response. But last night, the shoe fit again.

In Tuesday night’s opening commentary, she attacked pandemic school closures, with a whopper.

FAULKNER: Sometimes we make dangerously bad decisions, like pandemic lockdowns and keeping our own children home from school when a virus was hurting them far less often than adults.

And since almost all children live with adults, I guess it’s just too bad for them if the kid spreads what could be a life-threatening disease. But I digress.

Faulkner went on to suggest we should have suffered and sacrificed lives instead – because 1918!

FAULKNER: You know, we didn’t actually close schools in 1918, during the Spanish Flu pandemic. We didn’t even have penicillin back then. We did sacrifice. We suffered. But then we pressed on.

Um, no.

Attorney Bradley P. Moss provided an image from the October 4, 1918 New York Times. It reports that in Philadelphia, “schools, churches, theatres and all places of public assemblage were today ordered closed indefninitely.”

MIT did a study on school closures in 165 large U.S. cities, meaning that at least 164 more large cities closed their schools.

Isn’t it funny how members of the “party of life” keep promoting death?

You can watch Faulkner tell her pandemic whopper below, from the June 6, 2023 Fox News Tonight.

(H/T Richard W.)

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Faulkner: You know, we didn't actually close schools in 1918, during the Spanish flu pandemic. We didn't even have penicillin back then. We did sacrifice. We suffered, but then we pressed on. pic.twitter.com/mfGGvmXVRr

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John McKee commented 2023-06-09 22:21:56 -0400 · Flag
One of my favourite Fox quasi-humans to observe and ponder over. If ever there was an Ultimate Imposter Syndrome Sufferer, it must be the quivering little girl hiding deep inside Harris Faulkner. She KNOWS exactly how pathetic and unforgivable her public betrayal of her race, her gender, anything remotely honorable and her conscience is.

Maybe she actually believes that a mysterious man in the sky is constantly watching and judging – in which case, the nightly suffering must be unbearable.
Bemused commented 2023-06-09 02:59:29 -0400 · Flag
Sorry, wrong thread for the first paragraph. Belongs in the previous one.
Bemused commented 2023-06-09 02:51:57 -0400 · Flag
I agree with scooter that this incident probably never happened outside of Harris’ dreams. If it did happen, it was most likely due to Harris carrying on in true Evangelical “in-your-face” fashion, with loud, lengthy proclamations and such. Very much like the Pharisees who failed to impress Jesus.

And she’s a perfect representative of what passes for a “journalist” on Fox: wilfully ignorant an arrogantly proud of being so.
scooter commented 2023-06-08 11:10:04 -0400 · Flag
FOX lies. 24/7/365. It’s their business model. Keep their viewers misinformed, ignorant, and angry.








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