WATCH: Hot Mic Catches Reporter Claiming COVID-19 Fatality Rate Is A Tenth of What We’ve Been Told
A conversation captured on a hot mic prior to the White House press briefing on Monday has gone viral on social media overnight. The footage reportedly shows Fox News’ John Roberts and New York Times photographer Doug Mills discussing the coronavirus pandemic and suggesting the mortality rate is about a tenth of what it seems to be. “What do you know, buddy?” Mills asks Roberts. “You can take off your mask,” Roberts replied. “The case mortality rate is like 0.1 to 0.3. That’s according to the USC.” Mediaite, who was first to report on the video, notes that Roberts was…
Inmate Released From Jail Due to Coronavirus Concerns Murders a Man One Day After His Release
A 26-year-old Florida man has “committed murder” just one day after being released early from jail to decrease the risk of spreading coronavirus in crowded facilities. Joseph Williams was freed from Hillsborough County jail on March 19 along with 164 inmates that authorities deemed low-risk. Williams was initially booked six days earlier with possession of heroin, a third-degree felony, and possession of drug paraphernalia, a first-degree misdemeanour. However, a day after his release, Williams allegedly shot dead a man in the 8000th block of Ash Avenue in Tampa. On Tuesday, April 14, Williams was arrested for the March 20 homicide.…
Tech Giants Begin the Crackdown on Unapproved Sermons as Churches Are Forced Online
With coronavirus restrictions forcing the closure of church gatherings worldwide, and authorities threatening to punish those who continue to attend public worship, the Christian church has become more dependent on the internet than ever. Churches are now employing popular social media and video sharing platforms to conduct their services and broadcast their sermons. But how will the tech giants and social media outlets respond, especially considering their tendency to censor unapproved messages? Well, it would appear straight-up banning churches isn’t off the table for some platforms, as a church in Moscow, Idaho discovered last week. On Friday, Google suspended Christ…
Mayor Shows off New Police Drone for Monitoring People Violating Social Distancing Rules
The Mayor of Savannah has shared footage on social media of a new police drone that will monitor the city and help enforce social distancing measures. Mayor Van Johnson posted the video to Facebook on Sunday, along with a caution to the public, stating: “If you are not observing social distancing in Savannah, your first warning might look like this…” The Savannah Police Department will be using five drones to monitor the city, two of which will include prerecorded messages. Sgt. Jason Pagliaro said, “They give us the capability to put it airborne, 100 feet in the air and cover…
New York Times: “No pattern of sexual misconduct by Biden” as long as you don’t count unwanted “hugs, kisses and touching”
The New York Times has been slammed for editing out sexual misconduct allegations against Joe Biden after suggesting unwanted “hugs, kisses and touching” don’t constitute as “sexual misconduct.” On Sunday, the publication shared an article examining the sexual assault allegations against Biden from his former staffer Tara Reade. Ms Reade accused the Democratic presidential candidate of placing his hand up her skirt and penetrating her with his fingers in 1992 while she worked in his senate office. The piece originally claimed that The Times “found no pattern of sexual misconduct by Mr. Biden, beyond the hugs, kisses and touching that…
Police Raid Drive-In Church, Tell Pastor: “Your Rights Are Suspended”
Police officers conducting a raid on a drive-in church in Greenville, Mississippi have told the pastor that their “rights have been suspended,” by order of the governor. King James Bible Baptist Church was holding a service on Thursday evening which allowed the congregation to sit in their vehicles in the church car park and listen as Pastor Charles Hamilton preached. “We’ve had 20 police cars come to the church, on church property, trying to tell us we can’t have a service,” Pastor Hamilton said during a Facebook live stream. “If you all don’t wake up America– the police told me,…
Watch: Police Raid Drive-In Church Service for Elderly, Issue Fines to Entire Congregation
Police in Greenville, Mississippi raided a drive-in church service on Sunday and issued $500 fines to the entire congregation, most of whom were elderly, without any access to smartphones or the internet. For the past three weeks, the Temple Baptist Church has conducted a drive-in prayer service, that allows the congregation to tune into a radio frequency in their cars to listen to Pastor Arthur Scott as he preaches from the pulpit. However, Mayor Errick Simmons and the city council put a ban on drive-in church services, despite the congregation remaining within their cars for the entirety of the service.…
Dad Arrested for Throwing a Ball With His 6-Year-Old Daughter in a Near-Empty Park
Police officers enforcing social distancing rules arrested a father on Sunday for throwing a ball with his 6-year-old daughter in a near-empty park. Matt Mooney, 33, was handcuffed by police in Brighton, Colorado after he walked with his wife and young daughter to a nearby park to play softball alone. “We’re just having a good time, not near anybody else,” Mooney told ABC News. “The next closest person is at least 15 feet away from me and my daughter at this point.” Shortly after, police arrived at the park and told him and others in the area to leave. Mooney,…
President Trump says the US is putting a hold on funding the WHO: “They call every shot wrong”
US President Donald Trump has said the U.S. will put a hold on funding the World Health Organisation after the UN agency “called every shot wrong” in the lead up the coronavirus pandemic. During a press conference at the White House, President Trump said, “The World Health Organisation receives vast amounts of money from the United States and we pay for a majority – biggest portion of their money. And they actually disagreed with my travel ban at the time we did it and they were wrong. They’ve been wrong about a lot of things. “They had a lot of…
WATCH: Media and Experts Push for People to Be Taken From Their Homes and Placed in Isolation Camps, Regardless of Symptoms
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow sat down with Donald McNeil, science and health reporter for the New York Times, to discuss the harsh and stringent measures “experts” say are necessary to prevent the spread of coronavirus. According to McNeil, this is only the beginning. The real work of halting the virus begins with removing infected people from their homes and taking them to an isolation camp, even if they don’t feel sick, and show next to no symptoms. “First of all, you’ve got to get people who are infected out of their homes so that they don’t infect their family members,” McNeil…
Ankle monitors for residents exposed to COVID-19 who refuse to stay home
Residents in Louisville, Kentucky who refuse to stay home after being exposed to coronavirus are being fitted with GPS tracking bracelets and threatened with criminal charges. The Louisville Courier Journal reports judges are placing people under house arrest and ordering them to wear tracking devices after health officials learned a number of patients had refused to self-isolate for the period advised. In one case, three residents of a single household were placed under house arrest for a week after one of the inhabitants tested positive to COVID-19. After refusing to comply with the order, the city placed ankle monitors on them…
Police tell residents to call 911 for “racist name-calling” after releasing 600 inmates and saying shoplifters won’t be booked
Police in Seattle are urging the public to call 911 to report “racist name-calling”, even if you are not sure that a hate crime has occurred. Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best said in a COVID-19 update on Monday that Washington State is no place for hate. In the one-minute video, which was shared on the department’s social media accounts, Best said: “We will document and investigate every reported hate crime, even racist name-calling should be reported to police. We take this information very seriously. “If you aren’t sure if a hate crime occurred call 911. We are here to help…
US Congresswoman advocates Sharia Law floggings for non-Muslims: “flog them with eighty stripes”
Muslim Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar has suggested individuals who are disobedient to Allah should be flogged with 80 lashes. In a post on Twitter today, Omar cited al-Noor 24:4, a passage used by extremist groups such as ISIS to justify public lashings for rebellion against Islam. The Minnesota congresswoman’s tweet read: “And those who accuse chaste women, and produce not four witnesses, flog them with eighty stripes, and reject their testimony forever. They indeed are the Faasiquoon (liars, rebellious, disobedient to Allaah) [al-Noor 24:4]” Omar cited the passage in response to a Twitter user who implied the congresswoman was in…
WATCH: Houston’s mayor asks criminals not to commit crimes UNTIL the coronavirus is over
Houston’s Democratic mayor has asked crooks and criminals to not commit any crimes until the coronavirus is over. Mayor Sylvester Turner made the request on Monday during a media briefing on the city’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Until the coronavirus is resolved, criminals take a break,” Turner said. “Stay home. Ok? Stay home. And don’t commit any crimes and that way they’ll stay safe and out of jail and police officers will stay safe and can go home to their families. Ok? “So, everybody chill,” he added. “Crooks, criminals, you chill. Wait until the coronavirus is over.” WATCH:
CBS News busted using footage from Italian hospital when covering the NYC outbreak
CBN News has been caught using footage from an overcrowded Italian hospital during a report on the COVID-19 outbreak in New York City. According to the Daily Caller, the news outlet said, “an editing mistake” led to the network airing the misleading footage which was originally part of a March 22 Sky News report from Italy. A spokesperson for CBN News said the network has taken immediate steps to remove the footage from all platforms and shows. The outlet has been criticised on social media for spreading misinformation at a time of public panic. WATCH: During a Pandemic it is…
NYC Mayor threatens churches: Close for coronavirus or be shut down PERMANENTLY
The New York City Mayor has warned, churches and synagogues that continue to conduct worship services during the COVID-19 pandemic could be permanently closed down. During his Friday news briefing, Mayor Bill de Blasio said, law enforcement will be sent to shut down any worship services held over the weekend in violation of the ban on gatherings. If the congregation fails to comply, additional action will be taken, including fines and potential permanent closure of the building. “I want to say to all those who are preparing for the potential of religious services this weekend: If you go to your…
President Trump wants churches packed for Easter Sunday: “Online is never going to be like being there”
US President Donald Trump has told Fox News that he hopes to have the Coronavirus under control by Easter Sunday so that churches all over the country can be packed for Easter services. “Easter is a very special day for me,” President Trump said. “And I see it sort of in that timeline that I’m thinking about. And I say, wouldn’t it be great to have all of the churches full? “You know, the churches aren’t allowed, essentially, to have much of a congregation there. And most of them, I watched on Sunday, online — and he was terrific, by…
NYC Health Department advises people who ‘enjoy sex’ to masturbate instead: ‘You are your safest sex partner’
New York City Department of Health issued graphic guidelines on Saturday on how to ‘enjoy sex’ without spreading COVID-19. The department’s first suggestion to stop the spread of the virus was to have sex with yourself rather than with another person. “You are your safest sex partner,” the document said. “Masturbation will not spread COVID-19, especially if you wash your hands (and any sex toys) with soap and water for at least 20 seconds before and after sex.” The guide also recommended people avoid having sex with anyone outside of your household and to have a few sexual partners as…
Arizona House passes bill banning transgender students from girls’ sports
The Arizona House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday that would ban transgender students from competing in girls’ sports. The bill, H.B. 2706, which applies to both public and private schools as well as community colleges and universities, requires teams in the state to be “expressly designated” for “males, men or boys;” “females, women or girls;” or “co-ed or mixed-sex.” Teams “designated for females, women or girls may not be open to students of the male sex,” under the proposal. The bill, which passed in a party-line vote of 31-29, will now move to the GOP-controlled Senate. Rep. Nancy…
WATCH: Divide $500 million with 327 million people and everyone’s a millionaire, says MSNBC’s Brian Williams and NYT’s Mara Gay
MSNBC host Brian Williams and New York Times Editorial Board Member Mara Gay aired a tweet during an exchange on the ‘Eleventh Hour’ which claimed Michael Bloomberg could have made every American a millionaire with the budget he spent on his short-lived presidential campaign. “When I read it tonight on social media, it kind of all became clear,” Williams said. The tweet read: “Bloomberg spent $500 million on ads. The U.S. population is 327 million. He could have given each American $1 million and still have money left over. I feel like a $1 million check would be life-changing for…