Fox News changes its tune on mask-wearking

Yahoo! News

As the number of coronavirus cases surges, Fox News has gone from saying masks are "not necessary" to explaining the virtues of mask-wearing. "That does not mean that primetime stars like Laura Ingraham or Tucker Carlson are going to open their shows in N95 respirator masks," reports Alexander Nazaryan. "But with even Republican leadership increasingly masked, and even Trump musing about how a mask might turn him into a Lone Ranger look-alike, the culture war over masks increasingly seems like one that is not worth fighting. The changing messaging on masks from Fox News is just one sign that the most influential conservative outlet in the nation appears to be acutely aware of the dangers of politicizing a pandemic that is likely to remain a feature of American public life for months to come."