WJAR-10 Parent Co. Under Criticism for Promoting Segment That Claims Fauci Responsible for COVID
Monday, July 27, 2020
WJAR-10’s parent company Sinclair Broadcasting Group is under fire for creating a “news” segment that promotes one of the most controversial conspiracy theories ever connected to the coronavirus.
In a segment of "America This Week" produced by Sinclair, Eric Bolling, the host of the show, welcomed guests that claim Dr. Anthony Fauci is responsible for creating COVID-19.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST"Larry Klayman is the founder of Judicial Watch and Freedom Watch. He’s teamed up with Dr. Judy Mikovits, who worked with Dr. Anthony Fauci and is an expert in virology. I spoke to them both recently about the potential legal action they are seeking against Dr. Fauci. Then I brought in Dr. Nicole Saphier to weigh in on all their allegations. Take a listen," says Bolling in the introduction.
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"I believe Dr. Fauci has manufactured the coronaviruses in monkey cell lines and shipped them from and paid for and shipped the cell lines to Wuhan, China, now for at least since 2014. He published that fact and funded the studies that were published in 2015 in Nature Medicine that stated that the original cell line the Chinese used to grow the virus was shipped from Ft. Detrick, USAMRIID, the biosafety level 4 facility there," claims Mikovits.
"Well we’re looking at a possible RICO case, Eric, and we’re analyzing that right now, but what it appears happened is the Chinese got that virus. And we know that $3.7 million was given as a grant during the Obama administration to that Wuhan laboratory, that’s not in dispute. And the Chinese then engineered it into a bioweapon," claimed Klayman.
"So what happened here, actually, is relevant to our lawsuit in Dallas, Texas, our class action against the communist Chinese who are releasing, either accidentally or by design, this pandemic," said Klayman. "So, it’s a very serious matter, and it needs to be looked into. No one wants to discuss it, and I suspect the president probably knows about this right now, which is why -- and I support the president personally, but I don’t think that’s why he’s -- I think that’s why he’s going not real strong against China right now, because this virus actually had its origins, apparently, in a lab in Ft. Detrick, Maryland."
In response to negative attention to the segment, Sinclair Tweeted the following on Saturday:
We hear your feedback regarding a segment on this week's "America This Week." At no juncture are we aligning with or endorsing the viewpoints of [sic] Dr. Mikovitz or Mr. Klayman or endorsing the "Plandemic" documentary. Full stop.
Sinclair has had a longstanding relationship with the Trump White House and has previously been criticized for running conservative viewpoints in local news segments. Members of the WJAR new team in 2018 read promotional Sinclair scripts that were widely criticized for messaging similar themes as Trump.
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