http://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2020/06/05/why-is-this-story-still-up-ny-times-cnn-among-outlets-getting-informed-hcq-study-they-used-to-dunk-on-trump-got-retracted/
By Doug P.
Twitchy
June 5, 2020
Yesterday we told you that the story about Hydroxychoroquine that had been making the media rounds because of President Trump's previous comments touting the drug was retracted by The Lancet, the outlet that published the study.
The Lancet ~ Today, three of the authors have retracted "Hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine with or without a macrolide for treatment of COVID-19: a multinational registry analysis" Read the Retraction notice and statement from The Lancet.
Ironically, that's the same Lancet that ran an editorial saying "public health should not be guided by partisan politics":
Brian Stelter - The Tater ~ An incredibly unusual editorial by The Lancet, one of the world's most prestigious medical journals: "Americans must put a president in the White House come January, 2021, who will understand that public health should not be guided by partisan politics..."
But back to The Lancet's retracted story. Media outlets that quickly published their own stories based on The Lancet's report don't exactly seem in a rush to issue corrections. The New York Times and CNN are among them:
For America ~ Hi, @Twitter.
We'd like to request a fact-check re:
The New York Times ~ Coronavirus patients who received the anti-malaria drugs promoted by President Trump were more likely to have abnormal heart rhythms and were more likely to die, according to a new study published in The Lancet.
Sean Davis ~ Retracted study, fake data. Why is this story still up, CNN?
CNN ~ Seriously ill Covid-19 patients who were treated with hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine were more likely to die or develop dangerous heart arrhythmias, according to a large observational study published Friday in the medical journal The Lancet.
Anybody care to guess why the stories and tweets will most likely remain active?
Silvana Gallagher ~ So they can get millage out of it.
Bingo.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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