Trump surrogates and Fox hosts Diamond and Silk pushed an unhinged 5G coronavirus conspiracy theory

[muriel_volestrangler]

Right-wing commentators Diamond and Silk, who host a Fox News program and are surrogates for President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign, have been pushing a conspiracy theory that 5G towers are fueling coronavirus infections.

In a livestream posted on platforms like Youtube, Twitter, and Facebook, they have speculated that 5G -- the fifth generation of mobile technology that’s being rolled out across the world -- can “throw your body off” and mess with “your genetics.” They also asked whether “somebody” has “the power to turn things on and off to make sure that certain things go down so those hospital beds can be filled.”

Diamond and Silk (whose names are Lynnette Hardaway and Rochelle Richardson) host a show for Fox News’ streaming service Fox Nation. They also co-chair the Trump campaign’s Black Voices for Trump advisory board and are members of its Women for Trump advisory board. They additionally make regular appearances at Trump campaign rallies and in campaign videos despite Fox’s stated policy that “talent” aren’t allowed to participate in campaign events.
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Later during the livestream, Diamond claimed that “hospitals are empty” -- a reference to the “empty hospitals” conspiracy theory -- and wondered if “somebody” could use 5G technology to infect people to ensure that “those hospital beds can be filled.”

https://www.mediamatters.org/coronavirus-covid-19/trump-surrogates-and-fox-hosts-diamond-and-silk-pushed-unhinged-5g-coronavirus

From a couple of weeks ago:

On Wednesday, "Diamond & Silk" posted a tweet. "The only way we can become immune to the environment; we must be out in the environment," the duo declared. "Quarantining people inside of their houses for extended periods will make people sick!"

Twitter promptly took action against the tweet for violating its rules against coronavirus misinformation. The suggestion from the Fox News personalities is clearly dangerous. People should not be "out in the environment." Twitter required the two to remove the tweet in order to regain access to their account.

But while Twitter was the responsible outlet and declined to allow "Diamond & Silk" to spread their hazardous misinformation on its platform, Fox News fell silent. I sent a Fox News spokesperson requests for comment on the duo's Wednesday tweet. I never heard back. Apparently the request was not even worth a reply.

That's how far down the rabbit hole we are. Where two fairly prominent Fox News personalities — who have been elevated on numerous occasions by the President and Republican lawmakers — can promote wild conspiracy theories and dangerous misinformation and it does not even merit a response from the network's public relations office.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/08/media/fox-news-diamond-and-silk-reliable-sources/index.html

Dangerous morons. And their employers are dangerous morons too.

[mwooldri]

1. Throttle their phones down to 2G. And their Internet to dialup.

If they think 5G is that bad... they need to lead by example.

[durablend]

3. They need to burn their cell phones in effigy

"FREEDUMB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[ProfessorGAC]

2. So Dumb

From what I read, 5G is using the same frequencies at far lower power, as what we used to call UHF TV.
There were stations running 10s of thousands of watts, for decades. It didn't cause CV then!

[durablend]

4. They need to destroy their microwaves too

"TAKE THAT YOU BAD CORONA!!!!!!!!!"

[C_U_L8R]

5. They're desperate to take the heat off Trump

with any old loonytoon conspiracy. Nuts.

[keithbvadu2]

6. People have even burned these 5G towers.

Many ridiculous theories about them causing cancer, autism and more.

The ones near me have a range of about 1500 feet.

[kimbutgar]

7. Someone I know posted a video on Facebook about the 5g connection

I deleted the post.

[oasis]

8. "Diamond and Silk"??? More like, "Dizzy and Dopey".

[PupCamo]

9. I think it's Zircon and Burlap

[oasis]

10. We are being way too nice with our descriptions. nt

[PupCamo]

11. yes we are

this is a PG-13 to R rated board

my true description would probably get me kicked off here-XXX