The rightwing channel has urged viewers to get the vaccine but some opinion hosts see stoking scepticism as a ratings winner
When Fox News launched a public service announcement urging people to get the Covid-19 vaccine this week, it was hailed in some quarters as a virtuous move. What the network might not have expected was for the message to be almost immediately undermined by the network’s biggest star, Tucker Carlson.
It looked like an onscreen, real-time battle between Fox News and Carlson, who has previously challenged the safety and questioned the effectiveness of the coronavirus vaccine, that pointed to wider mixed messaging at the network over the issue of vaccination.
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