Megyn Kelly坚称已被证伪的James Talarico心理健康传闻，遭记者群嘲
要点速览
- •Lindner Center of Hope先援引HIPAA隐私规定，随后于周日晚上发布第二份声明，澄清James Talarico从未是这家俄亥俄州机构的患者。
- •评论员Nick Sortor传播的45秒音频片段虽然真实，但经过剪辑，删去了该机构员工关于Talarico从未到过该机构的陈述，尽管完整录音中包含这一否认。
- •The Bulwark获取了完整的六分钟通话，该电话由Amacher而非Sortor拨出，显示Amacher使用一系列谎言试图获取私人信息，而该机构员工反复否认系统中存在名为James Talarico的任何人。
- •Megyn Kelly在该机构否认Talarico曾是其患者之后，仍在X上公开要求Lindner Center澄清他过去九天是否到访过。
- •Talarico转发了该机构的否认声明并表示自己从未去过俄亥俄州，而多位记者和评论员则嘲讽Kelly的持续追问。
前Fox News主持人Megyn Kelly难以接受围绕得克萨斯州州众议员James Talarico的阴谋论被证伪的事实，而记者们也不会放过对她的进一步追问的嘲讽。
在充斥阴谋论的一周之后，一名右翼网红发布了一段音频录音，声称来自俄亥俄州一家心理健康机构的女工作人员，并证实Talarico曾在该机构接受治疗。该机构Lindner Center of Hope周日下午发布声明告诉记者，该机构绝不会透露任何患者的姓名，因为这样做将违反HIPAA，即保护患者健康信息隐私的联邦《健康保险流通与责任法案》。
那份初步声明针对的是该机构的隐私义务，而非传闻本身。到周日晚间，该中心发布了第二份声明，明确表示Talarico从未在该机构接受治疗。Talarico本人则转发了该声明，表示自己从未去过俄亥俄州。
Kelly要求该机构作出澄清。
"Could you pls clarify @LindnerCtrHope: 1. Has James Talarico been to your facility at all at any point in the last 9 days? 2. Was the facility operator who said he had been there mistaken? Will you allow her to speak publicly?"她在X上问道。
政治评论员Nick Sortor传播的录音是真实的，但并不包含全部信息。
The Bulwark获取了完整的六分钟录音，其中电话中的女子明确表示Talarico从未到过该机构。Sortor在音频剪辑中略去了这部分内容，这意味着他明知Talarico不在该机构，却仍然传播了这一说法。
"Sortor hadn't actually made the call. That was Amacher, who had also cut his teeth filming the Portland ICE protests. Amacher had posted call logs that indicated his actual conversation with (allegedly) the person at Lindner lasted roughly six minutes. So, we asked him for the full recording (not the 45-second clip Sortor had posted). And, thankfully, he sent it along."
"It turns out, that the 45-second portion came at the very end of the actual call. What came before was a series of lies Amacher told to trick the apparent Lindner employee into handing over private information. It also included the employee's repeated denials that anyone named 'James Talarico' was in her system at all,"该报道称。
嘲讽随之而来。Semafor主编Ben Smith指出，"What a crazy information environment."
"No wonder she got fired from NBC. Totally conspiracy-pilled,"政治分析人士兼策略师Neera Tanden评论道。
"What stage of grief is this?"ZenithPolls创始合伙人Adam Carlson问道。
"You've really lost the plot buddy,"前共和党人Sarah Longwell回击Kelly道。
Huffington Post记者SV Dáte对Kelly评论道，"Trump acts like a complete lunatic every single day, if suddenly we're that concerned with mental health."
NewsNation的Chris Cuomo也加入了嘲讽行列，写道，"Next target."
为The Illinoize撰稿并在WMAY News主持下午节目的Patrick Pfingsten指出，"'Never' seems as if it would cover the last 9 days."
