Scientist pricks filter bubble of Fox news viewers and presenter is stunned into silence

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A scientist is on Fox news and is asked a question about testing. He then explains the issues with the tests and why the US is where they are now.

The interviewer is then in silence. No follow up. No discussion. Just silence. Before ending the interview.

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Hijacking to say Sandra the Orangutang has made my day

Yep, love the orangutan.
Hope they give her some hand cream

I’m with @Dandar on this. She asked a straight question he gave a straightforward answer. The end! nothing left to say and time was up. She wasn’t ‘stunned’, just quietly listened and agreed with what he said.

The end! nothing left to say and time was up

How do you know time was up?

Because she thanked him and moved on to something else. Why would you imagine there was more time to talk to him is more the question?

Because she thanked him and moved on to something else

So no follow up discussion about what he said, no trying to find out more.

Just moving on to something else.

After a silence.

But she would’ve had a conversation with him BEFORE she asked the question, the question bit was just a snapshot and I imagine was the last bit of the conversation, a very simple question with a simple answer - the US unlike Korea hadn’t acted in time (or something to that effect). There was nothing damning about it, it’s not as if he was talking to Donal trump and shamed him, he just gave a very matter of fact answer, there was a little pause (not stunned silence, probably her que that time was up) and she rounded up. I’ve seen newscasters do this a million times when they’re out of time.

Someone obviously wanted to make fun of her or the news channel and has made this clip to make people zone in on uneventful lull to make them look stupid.

Because she thanked him and moved on to something else. Why would you imagine there was more time to talk to him is more the question?
Exactly , OP is seeing something that isnt there because thats what she wants to see, very odd[hm]

I love the wallpaper too.

It's a bit early for recriminations. We won't know which was the best approach until it's run it's course. Or we're all immune. Whichever comes first.

I guess we all see what we want to see - including every poster on this thread.

I’m guessing she feels how many of those on here who called me and others scaremongering idiots way back at the beginning of February. We were telling everyone to get prepared it was coming and it was going to be the biggest event in our lifetimes and people reported my posts.

I wonder if those who didn’t want to heed our warnings are having a great time now being under the ‘it'll never happen here’ lockdown. 🙄

This is the one that got me. Literally can't believe what she's reading:

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In January the WHO were saying there was no proof the virus could spread via human to human transmission (tweet under the one OP has shared) so why would governments have ordered tests.

In America I believe they’re successfully using intravenous vitamin C and the malaria drug treatment and their rate of recovery is, as a result, much higher. If it were me I would much rather MH government spent money on drugs to make me better than tests to find out if I had it.

"is MSNBC and CNN who have the agenda."

Spot the Freeper.

In America I believe they’re successfully using intravenous vitamin C and the malaria drug treatment and their rate of recovery is, as a result, much higher

Have you got a link to a large study showing that? A controlled, randomised study...

Oh - and they are doing large clinical trials in the UK as well.

Clinical trials need doing properly.
But I guess you knew that?

Fox News ended the interview immediately because it didn’t fit the Fox News narrative that A) Trump can do no wrong so the Coronavirus issue has been handled perfectly and B) America is the best country so there’s no way South Korea (which most Fox viewers would confuse with North Korea) could have done something better than the USA

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@Srslydontgiveacrap agreed. Whenever he's on the news I have to mute that segment! Thankfully he's either not been on much or I've successfully avoided him!

AKA Faux News.

I hate Fox News but I don't see the gleeful drama here.

The silence looks to me like a very normal lag or delay that you get in a lot of interviews that aren't in the same studio. And her signing off looks like the normal end to the piece. Im not familiar with this woman but she doesn't look like her role here was hard hitting interviewer, just to get the guy's comment.