You may have seen the story about the local "Fox News" reporter in Houston, Ivory Hecker, who interrupted her report on-air to say air she had a bombshell scandal after secretly recording her bosses blocking her -- which she gave it to Project Veritas. (Sorry, that should be "discredited, far-right lunatic Project Veritas.)
What you may not have seen yet is the follow-up. Sorry, again --, that should be "the hilarious follow-up.") To start with, yes, she's been fired. No big shock with that, of course. But then the aces at Project Veritas released their version of the recordings, and it turns out that what she wanted to report on was Bitcoin (but her boss said it wasn't right for the 5 o'clock hour, "That’s not our five o’clock audience") and...and...also, the benefits of hydroxychloroquine!! No, really. Ms. Hecker was told by her boss, news director Susan Schiller, that she had “failed as a reporter” for not first checking out the “latest research” on hydroxychloroquine before going ahead to promote it as a treatment for COVID-19. “You need to cease and desist posting about hydroxychloroquine,” the news director told her. In others words, the TV station in Houston wanted to report only on actual news that was honest and didn't risk fooling its viewers who could potentially die as a result. What a concept. Hey, I'd love to see a bombshell scandal that eviscerates "Fox News," but this is local, and give credit where it's due -- good for them not reporting on the benefits of hydroxychloroquine. (Let alone Bitcoin to the wrong audience.) Here's a general overview of the end result, along with a additional specific details about the secret recordings..
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