Fox News apologized Saturday to a Gold Star family for publishing a false story last month claiming that the family had to pay $60,000 to ship the remains of their fallen relative back from Afghanistan because the Pentagon refused to pay.
Doesn’t matter. They got their expected political result out of their false narrative at the time. Anything afterwards is a half-measure. Don’t let the people in your lives watch Fox News, people! It’s literal propaganda…
While unethical, the behavior is typical for Fox News. The outlet often breaks traditional news ethics and traffics in dishonest reporting and commentary.
Even though CNN is their competitor, I’m pleasantly surprised by their bluntness here.
Aren’t they both owned by the same person?
Nope. CNN is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, and was founded by Ted Turner. Fox News is owned by Fox Corporation, and was founded by Rupert Murdock.
Understandable mistake. It’s easy to forget those people aren’t the same guy.
Ummm, no…
Warner Bros Discovery owns CNN, Rupert Murdoch owns Fox (and does not own Warner Bros Discovery).
How much time did the false story get on air? That should be the amount of time spent on the apology. If you can’t correct what you did wrong as prominently and actively as what you did wrong then it’s not a real apology.
Idk what is worse - Rupert or all the dumb motherfuckers out there who voluntarily watch his trash. The whole network and it’s methodology need to be outlawed.
Personally, I think Rupert is definitely worse. SOME of those viewers are otherwise good people, but they’ve been fed too much of Rupert’s propaganda.
Not sure i want to know what a “gold star family” is.
It’s a flag families put up when someone in the military, in their family, dies while deployed. A flag with a blue star means they are deployed, but alive.
they can shove their apologies right up Rupert’s ass with a hammer
No one that matters watches that shit anyway. It’s a non-issue.
WTF no. The public do, and that’s how you get ever more extreme republican voters.
I didn’t say no one watches it- I said no one that matters.
Uh… The public kinda matters. Republicans aren’t exactly fans of democracy, but the GOP definitely needs their voter base. Channels like Fox news are instrumental to expanding and maintaining that voter base.
