A new study from Media Matters shows that Laura Ingraham is currently Fox News’ biggest coronavirus misinformer, based on analysis of the network’s programming between July 6 and July 10. Her show The Ingraham Angle was responsible for a quarter of all COVID-19 misinformation, spreading unreliable claims 63 times, over the course of five days.
But Fox is still promoting Ingraham’s show as a reliable source for its audience to understand the coronavirus data. On July 15, Fox News ran a promotion during the 7 p.m. hour telling the viewers to watch The Ingraham Angle to see “COVID-19 numbers explained,” “how positive cases are really being counted,” and “why the data might be different than you think.”