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Comedian Samantha Bee calls Fox News coronavirus coverage a ‘racist orchestra’

By Anthony Leonardi
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Comedian Samantha Bee calls Fox News coronavirus coverage a ‘racist orchestra’

Comedian Samantha Bee blasted Fox News for its coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.

The TBS host had a sympathetic message for the Chinese government in her Wednesday episode of Full Frontal. Bee played clips featuring Fox News personalities Tucker Carlson and Brian Kilmeade, both of whom acknowledged that the virus is believed to have originated in Wuhan, China, a commercial city approximately 500 miles west of Shanghai. She then said their identification of the virus’s place of origin was “racist.”

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