President Donald Trump isn’t just hearing Fox News personalities preach the merits of the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine as a coronavirus miracle cure through his television. He also met with Fox host Laura Ingraham and two doctors who regularly appear on her show on Friday for an in-person White House briefing about the treatment, and he subsequently pushed the federal government to make the drug more widely available, according to The Washington Post.

Experts, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, say there is only thin and anecdotal evidence supporting the use of hydroxychloroquine and another anti-malarial drug, chloroquine, as effective treatments for COVID-19. But in mid-March, Fox began running segments promoting the drugs as possible game-changers. After Trump started publicly pushing them as well, the network blanketed its airwaves with credulous coverage of the medicines, promoting them at least 146 times over a single week. In an apparent response to the reckless speculation from his favorite cable news network, Trump reportedly pushed health officials to make hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine available to treat the virus.

Trump’s worldview is shaped by the cable news segments that capture his attention. But he also frequently supplements Fox’s televised reports by seeking private counsel from network personalities like Sean Hannity and Lou Dobbs.

In this case, Trump sat down with Ingraham, who in recent days has effectively turned her show into an infomercial for the drugs, and members of what she terms her “medicine cabinet,” Ramin Oskoui, a cardiologist, and Stephen Smith, an infectious disease specialist. FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn also attended the meeting at Trump’s request.

According to the Post, during the meeting: