PROPAGANDA ACROSS THE AIRWAVES

I really do not know what to make of the media in our country right now. 

This article posted yesterday in Rolling Stone reads like satire:

Gunshot Victims Left Waiting as Horse Dewormer Overdoses Overwhelm Oklahoma Hospitals, Doctor Says

“The ERs are so backed up that gunshot victims were having hard times getting to facilities where they can get definitive care and be treated,” Dr. Jason McElyea said.

The "horse dewormer" in question is, of course, Ivermectin.

Apparently Rolling Stone picked up this story for nationwide dissemination from a video segment by reporter Katelyn Ogle at Oklahoma news station KFOR. 

What is going on here? Is this McElyea guy playing a prank on KFOR (and Rolling Stone)? Was the KFOR reporter - and then Peter Wade at Rolling Stone - just too stupid to recognize a prank? Neither one felt the need to check the source before broadcasting or publishing?

Or is McElyea just feeling fearful of Ivermectin overdoses and willing to stretch the truth a bit in order to scare people away from it? And maybe Ogle and Wade are like-minded and willing to sacrifice journalistic integrity for the sake of possibly saving lives? (This approach is commonly known as "propaganda", aka "fake news".)

Are there other possible explanations?

How else do you get a "news report" based on the words of a single doctor with absolutely no corroboration from anyone else at even a single hospital somewhere in Oklahoma? Is there no ER nurse to back him up? No hard numbers of cases to report?

And, by the way, are the Oklahoma ERs typically empty except for "gunshot victims"? 

And when these hordes of Ivermectin overdoses show up at emergency rooms with "negative reactions like nausea, vomiting, muscle aches, and cramping - or even loss of sight", could they not be moved to another section of the hospital where beds are available for people dealing with tummy aches? That might free up some ER beds for folks who are bleeding out from a bullet wound. 

Who is in charge of the Oklahoma ERs? 

This is not satire and it is not sloppy journalism. It is propaganda. 

The bigger issue is this: How commonplace is this approach to "reporting" the "news"? 

If you want to see for yourself: KFOR Report and  Rolling Stone Article.