74 journalism / comms professors + journalists have written an open letter to Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch about the network’s coronavirus coverage.

“Viewers of Fox News, including the president of the United States, have been regularly subjected to misinformation…” pic.twitter.com/Vpk04Tc9es

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) April 2, 2020

I’m seeing more of a groundswell against Fox this time. The stakes here are literally life or death, and they’ve been serving up non-stop bad info.

But someone pointed out that if Fox gets their time in the barrel, eyes should be kept on Sinclair Broadcasting. And if Fox starts to have real legal trouble I guess OANN will make the move to replace them.

If we get President Biden, he should definitely revisit the Communications Act. Broadcast outlets get away with murder, and I’d like to see local ownership requirements brought back.