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  • I didn't say they twisted the facts

    Oops, sorry, I didn't refresh the thread. Sorry also for misunderatdning you. I didn't get this impression from the article:

    tl;dr anyone who skims the headline and swallows what they read hook line and sinker will leave the article believing that these guys died not because they went out bought poison and drank it, but because Trump mistakenly named or believed this poison is a cure ( because he's an idiot! Of course!) and they were innocents simply following Trump's erroneous advice.

    The opening paragraph is clear, I think:

    A Phoenix-area man has died and his wife was in critical condition after the couple took chloroquine phosphate, an additive used to clean fish tanks that is also found in an anti-malaria medication touted by Donald Trump as a treatment for Covid-19.

    I can totally see how a casual reader could miss that nuance, but I don't think it justifies the claim that the reporting is twisted.

  • I can totally see how a casual reader could miss that nuance, but I don't think it justifies the claim that the reporting is twisted.

    No, because chloroquine phosphate was not touted as a cure for Covid. Just as you can't burn carbon monoxide on your fire.

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