On March 9, Fox national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin pushed back on false claims about Ukrainian labs, only to receive a thinly veiled skewering for her efforts from her colleague Tucker Carlson.
As Russia’s deadly invasion of Ukraine continues to dominate the airwaves, a new conspiracy theory emerged in right-wing media circles and was quickly picked up by commentators on Fox News. Following State Department confirmation of the existence of biological research facilities in Ukraine, and concern over Russia seizing control of them, far-right actors have parroted the Kremlin’s assertions that the facilities are U.S.-controlled chemical weapons factories that could be used to orchestrate a false-flag attack.
On Hannity on March 9, Griffin explained that the U.S. has worked with Ukraine to eliminate and convert labs that operated as chemical weapons developers under the Soviet Union in order to aid them in the proper disposal of hazardous material, and to convert the facilities into civilian laboratories as part of a “biothreat reduction” program. She said Russia is engaged in a disinformation campaign to misrepresent these labs.
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