Fox News host Greg Gutfeld torched a Media Matters reporter for “deliberately lying” about the timeline of coronavirus coverage on “The Five.”
Gutfeld fired back at Andrew Lawrence, Media Matters’ deputy director of rapid response, and demanded he retract his claim that “The Five” downplayed the seriousness of the COVID-19 outbreak back in January.
“Greg Gutfeld says Fox’s ‘The Five’ sounded the alarm on coronavirus back in January……BUT he’s lying,” Lawrence tweeted Tuesday, along with a clip of the Fox News co-host saying, “I wonder, when ‘The Five’ sounded the alarm on the virus back in January, what was Chuck’s concern.”
“This media matters is deliberately lying,” Gutfeld shot back. “He could easily have checked but didn’t. See my pinned tweet now and demand he retract.”
This media matters is deliberately lying He could easily have checked but didn’t. See my pinned tweet now and demand he retract. https://t.co/vq3ay5pMaL
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) March 31, 2020
A video clip of Gutfeld discussing the coronavirus in January was pinned to the top of his Twitter page as well showing the co-hosts on “The Five” discussing the need for a travel ban in light of the quickly spreading virus.
this was January 28th. what were media hacks who are acting like they’re Nostradamus now, saying back then? Zilch. https://t.co/AJpYjsFziV
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) March 22, 2020
Gutfeld took another shot at Lawrence in a tweet asserting that “We covered the virus early and often,” and demanding the reporter “Retract now.”
Hey @ndrew_lawrence. Care to comment. We covered the virus early and often. Retract now https://t.co/AJpYjsFziV
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) March 31, 2020
Lawrence, meanwhile, was still trying to make his case, tweeting additional examples that targeted “The Five” co-host Jesse Watters.
Here’s human jager bomb Jesse Watters saying on the March 3 edition of The Five that he would beat coronavirus with “the power of positive thinking”https://t.co/nf2XeJtExh pic.twitter.com/F0BRPI11B1
— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) March 31, 2020
And here’s Jesse Watters saying on March 16 that he didn’t take coronavirus seriously until that dayhttps://t.co/AZVSSwpzgQ
— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) March 31, 2020
In response to Gutfeld’s demand he retract his accusation, Lawrence doubled down on his argument.
look at The Five’s coverage of coronavirus, which you said took coronavirus seriously since January
— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) March 31, 2020
But his tweet earned a scathing rebuke by the Fox News host who slammed him as “a lying scum bag.”
You called me a liar when there is footage of me showing the importance it was taken. You are a lying scum bag for knowing that fact and denying it. You know you lied. Now be a man and admit it.
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) March 31, 2020
When Lawrence shot back that Fox News’ coronavirus coverage is “going to get people killed,” Gutfeld warned, “You’re in deep dude.”
you’re in deep dude. you lied about my coverage, slandered me in a very vital way, and now you’re running from your own claim. retract now, be a man if that’s indeed possible. look at the pinned tweet – you know you fucked up. fix it. now. https://t.co/KDHkE3rtNJ
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) April 1, 2020
Many Twitter users jumped in to back Gutfeld and slam Lawrence for his inaccurate narrative.
What an ignorant statement. I learned about how serious this was on FOX in January while the others networks were impeachment 24/7.
— Keith Connelly (@KeithConnelly3) April 1, 2020
As someone who hasn’t missed an episode of the five in over a year, Greg was the first to sound the alarm. He wanted travel shut down immediately! You are a filthy, despicable liar @ndrew_lawrence
— Millennial Woman for Trump (@millennial_for) April 1, 2020
You lied Andrew. Own up to it & issue a retraction
— Trillion Dollars Wasted (@KMW_main) April 1, 2020
Man I’m as liberal as it gets and you’re wrong. He did sound the alarm at least once in Jan.
— YouAreObviouslyaBot (@AreObviouslya) April 1, 2020
You’re a liar.@greggutfeld said the show sounded the alarm early. We have proof that happened. Therefore, he was correct to say it.
There’s no equivocation here. There’s no “but Jesse said.” The show sounded the alarm. You’re just lying.
— Pudge 🖖🏼🍖 (@pudgenet) April 1, 2020
Respond coward. Video footage proving you made a mistake. Not sure if it was done on purpose or not. But, you owe gutfeld an apology, lets hear it.
— alexander lindsley (@zanyzan311) April 1, 2020
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