Fox News’ Tucker Carlson chastised those who dismiss the coronavirus danger during his primetime show Monday night, calling the outbreak a “serious problem.”
“People you trust — people you probably voted for — have spent weeks minimizing what is clearly a very serious problem,” Carlson told his audience. “Though these people have good intentions as they say this — many of them, anyway ― they may not know any better. Maybe they’re just not paying attention or maybe they believe they’re serving some higher cause by shading reality.”
His comments came days after President Donald Trump himself called into Fox News and — in an interview that lasted over 40 minutes — seemed dismissive of the outbreak.