(DCNF)—Multiple Fox News employees have alleged hypocrisy after the network critically covered Dr. Anthony Fauci despite having privately supported the very COVID restrictions championed by the public health official.
Former Fox Corp producer Breanna Morello alleged Tuesday that Fox is now “attempting to rewrite history by going after” Fauci.
Morello claimed in an X post that Fox attempted to get her “to comply with an ILLEGAl [sic] vaccine mandate” when she worked there. Her comments came as Fox News has recently published multiple articles about the release of Fauci’s personal diary entries ahead of his Wednesday Senate testimony.
“Fox offered me a $500 bonus to get the Covid jab,” Morello wrote in the social media post. “When I declined, they threatened to put me on unpaid leave after making me move to NYC.”
A Fox News spokesperson declined to comment to the Daily Caller News Foundation on the record. Morello did not provide comment in time for publication.
“Here’s a quote from one of their emails sent to me: ‘…Under the Mayor’s mandate, beginning December 27, all workers in New York City who perform in-person work at an office location, including FOX employees, must show proof of receiving at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine,’” according to her X post. “Workers will then have 45 days to show proof of their second dose (for Pfizer or Moderna vaccines).”
Tucker Carlson — who hosted Fox News’ flagship show during the COVID outbreak — told the DCNF that members of his staff had to create fake religious exemptions to get around the mandate.
“As a result of this mandate, COVID-19 testing will no longer be an alternative to vaccination in New York City as of December 27,” Morello’s post continues. “This mandate by The Mayor prohibits unvaccinated employees from working at FOX New York offices as of December 27. To comply with this mandate, we are requesting immediate action to be taken by all New York City office-based employees currently working at an office, hybrid or remote.”
A spokesperson for Fox in 2021 told The New York Times that the network’s COVID policies reflected the guidelines of New York City’s mandate at the time.
In a separate Tuesday night X post, Morello wrote that she was “forced to resign because I stood for the truth.”
Morello is a journalist with “over a decade of experience in the media industry” who previously worked at outlets such as Fox Corp, Newsmax, local news stations, MLB Advanced Media and ESPN Plus, according to a bio on Simon & Schuster’s website. She has previously stated she left Fox after the company mandated that employees receive COVID-19 vaccines, WorldNetDaily reported in August 2022.
She does not seem to be the only person who claims Fox severed ties with them for a reason linked to COVID.
Investigative journalist Lara Logan, a former frequent Fox News guest, wrote in a Tuesday X post that “Fox News cancelled me & cancelled my contract negotiations.”
“I don’t regret it one bit,” Logan continued. “There is only one truth.”
Logan previously alleged that she had been “pushed out” by Fox News after she sparked criticism by making comments comparing Fauci to infamous Nazi doctor Josef Mengele, The Hill reported in 2022.
Logan did not immediately respond to the DCNF’s request for comment.
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