{"id":1141090,"date":"2021-12-22T08:57:58","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T13:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1141090"},"modified":"2021-12-22T08:58:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T13:58:00","slug":"cnn-doctor-fox-news-leads-authoritarian-conspiracy-to-incite-violence-against-scientists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-doctor-fox-news-leads-authoritarian-conspiracy-to-incite-violence-against-scientists\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN Doctor: Fox News Leads \u2018Authoritarian\u2019 Conspiracy To \u2018Incite Violence Against Scientists\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcnn-doctor-fox-news-leads-authoritarian-conspiracy-to-incite-violence-against-scientists%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1141090&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>TV medical expert Dr. Peter Hotez claimed to CNN viewers Tuesday night that Fox News and \u201cmembers of the United States Congress\u201d are leading a vast, \u201ccoordinated,\u201d \u201cauthoritarian\u201d conspiracy to \u201csay things to incite violence against scientists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The doctor, who has become one of the most recognizable television \u201cexperts\u201d thanks to CNN\u2019s coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic, said \u201cmajor conservative news outlets\u201d and \u201ccontrarian intellectuals\u201d in think tanks also led the quasi-totalitarian campaign to violently intimidate public health experts.<\/p>\n<p>CNN legal expert Laura Coates, who guest hosted Tuesday night\u2019s \u201cDon Lemon Tonight,\u201d set up the doctor\u2019s indictment by playing an out-of-context video of Fox News host Jesse Watters describing how to \u201cambush\u201d Dr. Anthony Fauci and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/should-be-fired-on-the-spot-fauci-wants-fox-news-jesse-watters-canned-for-conference-speech\">go for the \u201ckill shot.\u201d<\/a> A <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TPUSA\/status\/1473347739870121986\">full video<\/a> of the remarks shows Watters merely telling young journalists how to shoot effective video footage of public officials caught lying to the public.<\/p>\n<p>After playing the video, Coates asked Hotez, \u201cDoctor, you personally know that language like this is incredibly dangerous, right? I mean, the ramifications, the consequences of having the temperature at that level is really unbelievable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hotez responded by painting a sophisticated, right-wing conspiracy emanating from Fox News Channel to \u201cdiscredit science\u201d and ultimately resulting in \u201cinciting violence against me and my family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, this is not this one individual,\u201d he said after naming Tucker Carlson. \u201cLaura Ingraham has gone after me on several nights, and what follows is a series of e-mails that call on patriots inciting them to violence against me and my family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hotez did not explain where the purported emails inciting violence came from, nor how they were related to Ingraham \u2014 if at all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a systematic attempt by the leadership of Fox News to target not only the science, not only to discredit vaccines, but to put a target on the back of scientists \u2014 prominent U.S. scientists,\u201d he asserted.<\/p>\n<p>His remarks, which came in the context of \u201cviolence,\u201d implied that Fox News sought to place literal crosshairs on his family. \u201cAnd it\u2019s not only Fox News,\u201d Hotez continued.\u201d This is coming from all of the major conservative news outlets \u2026 and it\u2019s coming from members of the United States Congress, who say things to incite violence against scientists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s coming from the conservative news outlets,\u201d he repeated. \u201cIt\u2019s coming from a group of contrarian intellectuals from far-right-wing think tanks. This is a coordinated effort as part of an authoritarian attempt to discredit science, discredit scientists.&nbsp;And it\u2019s a very scary time for a number of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hotez went on to call Watters a \u201cterrible person\u201d who made \u201cegregious\u201d comments about Fauci.<\/p>\n<p>Not content with CNN\u2019s shrinking audience, Hotez expounded on his allegations in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeterHotez\/status\/1473496183729541121\">long Twitter thread<\/a>, which linked Fox News\u2019 alleged anti-science campaign to the Nazis, Soviet Communists, and unspecified totalitarians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[T]hese conservative news anchors who attack Me [sic], Tony, my opinion: they don\u2019t do this on their own. They\u2019re not big thinkers, they\u2019re told to do this. Much like Hannah Arendt reported 70 years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He then linked the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Origins_of_Totalitarianism\">Wikipedia page<\/a> for Arendt\u2019s monumental study, The Origins of Totalitarianism. Other tweets shared articles about Hitler targeting scientists during the Third Reich and anti-science actions in the USSR.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s part of a larger far right attempt at authoritarian control, I\u2019ve written about this in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PLOSBiology?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PLOSBiology<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PLOS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PLOS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LKriiz1C0a\">https:\/\/t.co\/LKriiz1C0a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD (@PeterHotez) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeterHotez\/status\/1473497289004044288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And this article in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ForeignAffairs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ForeignAffairs<\/a> from 1941 highlights that targeting scientists goes back at least 80 years <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QOWqmQTRGi\">https:\/\/t.co\/QOWqmQTRGi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD (@PeterHotez) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeterHotez\/status\/1473498242667229195?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hotez did not specify how the \u201cfar-Right\u201d exercises authoritarian dominion while the Democratic Party controls all nationally elected governing bodies. But he told CNN viewers he had coined a phrase for this alleged conspiracy: \u201cI\u2019ve been writing about it, and I call it anti-science aggression,\u201d he said Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Hotez has uttered that phrase more than a dozen times on CNN since April 27, according to a search of CNN transcripts, including earlier that afternoon. Hotez <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/townhallcom\/status\/1473390816601198597\">told<\/a> CNN\u2019s Ana Cabrera, \u201cAnti-science aggression is now probably one of the leading killers of young adults in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CNN Guest: &#8220;Anti-science aggression is now probably one of the leading killers of young adults in the United States.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fcV8bRugQi\">pic.twitter.com\/fcV8bRugQi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Townhall.com (@townhallcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/townhallcom\/status\/1473390816601198597?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although Hotez blames public distrust of scientific spokesmen like himself on conservative media, he has repeatedly made inaccurate predictions and assessments over CNN\u2019s airwaves. Dr. Hotez was particularly skeptical of President Trump\u2019s promise that Operation Warp Speed would produce a vaccine for COVID-19 by the end of 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Last <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2020\/03\/31\/us\/coronavirus-vaccine-timetable-concerns-experts-invs\/index.html\">April Fool\u2019s Day<\/a>, CNN published an article quoting Dr. Hotez assuring no vaccine would most likely be ready for a year or longer:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cTony Fauci is saying a year to 18 months \u2014 I think that\u2019s optimistic,\u201d said Dr. Peter Hotez, a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcm.edu\/people\/view\/peter-hotez-m-d-ph-d\/b1846a47-ffed-11e2-be68-080027880ca6\">leading expert<\/a><\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em>on infectious disease and vaccine development at Baylor College of Medicine. \u201cMaybe if all the stars align, but probably longer.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Hotez reiterated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TV medical expert Dr. Peter Hotez claimed to CNN viewers Tuesday night that Fox News and \u201cmembers of the United States Congress\u201d are leading a vast, \u201ccoordinated,\u201d \u201cauthoritarian\u201d conspiracy to \u201csay things to incite violence against scientists.\u201dThe doctor, who has become one of the most recognizable television \u201cexperts\u201d thanks to CNN\u2019s coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic, said \u201cmajor conservative news outlets\u201d and \u201ccontrarian intellectuals\u201d in think tanks also led the quasi-totalitarian campaign to violently intimidate public health experts.CNN legal expert Laura Coates, who guest hosted Tuesday night\u2019s \u201cDon Lemon Tonight,\u201d set up the doctor\u2019s indictment by playing an out-of-context video of Fox News host Jesse Watters describing how to \u201cambush\u201d Dr. Anthony Fauci and go for the \u201ckill shot.\u201d A full video of the remarks shows Watters merely telling young journalists how to shoot effective video footage of public officials caught lying to the public.After playing the video, Coates asked Hotez, \u201cDoctor, you personally know that language like this is incredibly dangerous, right? I mean, the ramifications, the consequences of having the temperature at that level is really unbelievable.\u201dHotez responded by painting a sophisticated, right-wing conspiracy emanating from Fox News Channel to \u201cdiscredit science\u201d and ultimately resulting in \u201cinciting violence against me and my family.\u201d\u201cLook, this is not this one individual,\u201d he said after naming Tucker Carlson. \u201cLaura Ingraham has gone after me on several nights, and what follows is a series of e-mails that call on patriots inciting them to violence against me and my family.\u201dHotez did not explain where the purported emails inciting violence came from, nor how they were related to Ingraham \u2014 if at all.\u201cThis is a systematic attempt by the leadership of Fox News to target not only the science, not only to discredit vaccines, but to put a target on the back of scientists \u2014 prominent U.S. scientists,\u201d he asserted.His remarks, which came in the context of \u201cviolence,\u201d implied that Fox News sought to place literal crosshairs on his family. \u201cAnd it\u2019s not only Fox News,\u201d Hotez continued.\u201d This is coming from all of the major conservative news outlets \u2026 and it\u2019s coming from members of the United States Congress, who say things to incite violence against scientists.\u201d\u201cIt\u2019s coming from the conservative news outlets,\u201d he repeated. \u201cIt\u2019s coming from a group of contrarian intellectuals from far-right-wing think tanks. This is a coordinated effort as part of an authoritarian attempt to discredit science, discredit scientists.\u00a0And it\u2019s a very scary time for a number of us.\u201dHotez went on to call Watters a \u201cterrible person\u201d who made \u201cegregious\u201d comments about Fauci.Not content with CNN\u2019s shrinking audience, Hotez expounded on his allegations in a long Twitter thread, which linked Fox News\u2019 alleged anti-science campaign to the Nazis, Soviet Communists, and unspecified totalitarians.\u201c[T]hese conservative news anchors who attack Me [sic], Tony, my opinion: they don\u2019t do this on their own. They\u2019re not big thinkers, they\u2019re told to do this. Much like Hannah Arendt reported 70 years ago.\u201dHe then linked the Wikipedia page for Arendt\u2019s monumental study, The Origins of Totalitarianism. Other tweets shared articles about Hitler targeting scientists during the Third Reich and anti-science actions in the USSR.It\u2019s part of a larger far right attempt at authoritarian control, I\u2019ve written about this in @PLOSBiology @PLOS https:\/\/t.co\/LKriiz1C0a\u2014 Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD (@PeterHotez) December 22, 2021And this article in @ForeignAffairs from 1941 highlights that targeting scientists goes back at least 80 years https:\/\/t.co\/QOWqmQTRGi\u2014 Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD (@PeterHotez) December 22, 2021Hotez did not specify how the \u201cfar-Right\u201d exercises authoritarian dominion while the Democratic Party controls all nationally elected governing bodies. But he told CNN viewers he had coined a phrase for this alleged conspiracy: \u201cI\u2019ve been writing about it, and I call it anti-science aggression,\u201d he said Tuesday night.Hotez has uttered that phrase more than a dozen times on CNN since April 27, according to a search of CNN transcripts, including earlier that afternoon. Hotez told CNN\u2019s Ana Cabrera, \u201cAnti-science aggression is now probably one of the leading killers of young adults in the United States.\u201dCNN Guest: &#8220;Anti-science aggression is now probably one of the leading killers of young adults in the United States.&#8221; pic.twitter.com\/fcV8bRugQi\u2014 Townhall.com (@townhallcom) December 21, 2021Although Hotez blames public distrust of scientific spokesmen like himself on conservative media, he has repeatedly made inaccurate predictions and assessments over CNN\u2019s airwaves. Dr. Hotez was particularly skeptical of President Trump\u2019s promise that Operation Warp Speed would produce a vaccine for COVID-19 by the end of 2020.Last April Fool\u2019s Day, CNN published an article quoting Dr. Hotez assuring no vaccine would most likely be ready for a year or longer:\u201cTony Fauci is saying a year to 18 months \u2014 I think that\u2019s optimistic,\u201d said Dr. Peter Hotez, a\u00a0leading expert\u00a0on infectious disease and vaccine development at Baylor College of Medicine. \u201cMaybe if all the stars align, but probably longer.\u201dHotez reiterated that timeline a month later. \u201cI don\u2019t see a path by which any vaccine is licensed \u2014 whether it\u2019s emergency use or otherwise \u2014 until the third quarter of 2021,\u201d Hotez told CNN\u2019s Brianna Keilar last May.President Trump said he hopes to have a coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year.\u201cI don&#8217;t see a path by which any vaccine is licensed \u2014 whether it\u2019s emergency use or otherwise \u2014 until the third quarter of 2021,\u201d Dr. Peter Hotez says. https:\/\/t.co\/8GKQJj9VJJ pic.twitter.com\/NQaS6zVdRg\u2014 CNN Newsroom (@CNNnewsroom) May 15, 2020By the end of 2020, CNN moved on to complaining that the 2.8 million Americans who received the COVID-19 vaccination in December fell \u201cwell short\u201d\u00a0of the Trump administration\u2019s \u201cgoal to vaccinate 20 million people by January 1.\u201dThe views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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