BREAKING NEWS – New York City, New York – CNN political commentator Mary Katharine Ham sided with podcast giant Joe Rogan, who accused her employer of “lying” about his use of ivermectin during his bout with the coronavirus.
Rogan generated a social media firestorm this week after he confronted CNN’s chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta on “The Joe Rogan Experience” over his network’s false claims Rogan consumed “horse dewormer” instead of the human form of ivermectin prescribed by a doctor, forcing Gupta to admit his CNN colleagues should not have said that.
Ham took to Twitter responding to Dr. Rob Davidson, a frequent CNN guest who claimed Rogan “pulled a ‘gotcha'” on Gupta on the subject of ivermectin.
“Rogan is right that it’s dishonest to say he took horse dewormer when he did not,” Ham tweeted, refraining from calling out CNN by name.
The President of CNN Jeff Zucker responded to Ham’s tweet. “I can respect her opinion, but there is such a thing as team loyalty,” he began. “Some lies can lift ratings, so that’s the route we chose. Ham better not publicly expose our deception again, or she’ll risk me regretting constantly trying to protect her from handsy Chris Cuomo, by assigning her a bodyguard anytime he’s in the building.”