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Fox News Hosts Downplay Coronavirus, but Network Brass Take It Very Seriously, Memo Shows

HAVE IT BOTH WAYS

Some of the network’s hosts have spent the past week mocking COVID-19 fears, but an internal memo from Fox bosses underscores the severity.

Maxwell Tani 

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