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 Fox News commentators Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham, as well as
other news program hosts, have often cast doubt on the vaccines'
safety and efficacy to the network's millions of viewers. The
network ended January with a 19-year streak as the top U.S. cable
news network.
Noting health official guidelines that encouraged masking and
distancing even for vaccinated people in April, Carlson said of the
vaccine: "So maybe it doesn’t work, and they’re simply not telling
you that."
Ingraham on Monday night called Biden and his allies "consistent
superspreaders of misinformation on COVID."
The White House understands "the importance of reaching Fox's
audience about the COVID-19 vaccines and their benefits," Psaki told
reporters Tuesday. "And like we are with all of you here today, we
of course, are in regular contact."
The White House has also engaged more broadly with the network on
their coverage of COVID-19 and vaccine confidence, including with a
network-specific briefing between producers and White House
officials to discuss accurate, informed coverage of the COVID-19
vaccines, according to White House source familiar with the details.
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 Psaki was responding to a
question from a CNN reporter who asked if there
were high-level conversations between the White
House and the news network over vaccine
coverage.
In an emailed comment, a Fox News spokeswoman
said: "There have been no high level
conversations between FOX News Media and the
White House regarding our coverage."
The spokeswoman said they had a routine briefing
in May on vaccination rates and Fox News White
House reporters are in routine contact with the
White House staff on a variety of issues.
(Reporting by Nandita Bose, Jarrett Renshaw and
Heather Timmons; Editing by Aurora Ellis)
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