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This is COVID-19 misinformation:

> "I think everybody who goes into a healthcare facility or nursing home should have the assurance, and their family members should know, that we have taken all the steps to protect the public's health," Hochul said. "And that includes making sure that those who come in contact with them at their time of most vulnerability, when they are sick or elderly, will not pass on the virus."

It's really too bad the establishment media has abdicated on reporting things like this and left the field entirely wide open to right wing sources like the Epoch Times.

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Sinclair Broadcast Group isn't "establishment media"?!

It's the second-largest television station operator in the United States, owning/operating about 200 stations, covering 40% of American households. Our former president publicly supported them and he's a coastal elite who's very well connected.

You just called it a "tabloid," which I wouldn't generally associate with "establishment media," no. If this was a report on one of their local NBC affiliates, then maybe?

Also not really sure how the Politifact you cite is relevant to the content here. A more appropriate one might be something like "Hochul does not have authority to veto the ruling of the state court, which makes her assertions about not rehiring unvaccinated HCWs mostly hot air."

Edit: ah, I see, the crux of the issue is that New York in fact lost a mere 11,000 HCWs as a direct result of firings due to the vaccination mandate. The ones who took an early retirement or were furloughed (and presumably still are) bring the total to 30,000.

I did not call Sinclair Broadcast Group a "tabloid". This is just one of the nearly 200 publications they own. The second-largest television station operator in the United States isn't "establishment?"

Murdoch's NY Post is a tabloid too, ranked 4th in the US by distribution; are they "mainstream?"

> ah, I see, the crux of the issue

Oh wow, you didn't know any of these facts before posting. You're their target audience.

There's not even a fact being checked here? "Lost" is a perfectly fine way to describe most of these workers. It was some local NY pol who said they had all been fired.

Interesting aside. Why doesn't Sinclair Media Group count as "establishment" media?

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