Fox acknowledges a story they ran wild with miiiiight have been a hoax
"We are now looking into new reports that a veterans advocate misled lawmakers, and media outlets, about a story that some homeless men may have been hired to pose as veterans"
OOPS
For those who haven't been following along
The NY Post released a front page story screaming "VETS KICKED OUT FOR MIGRANTS"
Fox ran wild with it
(Both companies are Murdoch owned)
Fox claimed they had confirmed that veterans were kicked out due to migrants!
"Fox News confirms 20 homeless vets just got kicked out of several hotels in the suburbs north of Manhattan to make room for those migrants"
Fox eventually noted that one of the hotels had denied everything, saying they hadn't even accepted any migrants.
This was mentioned a couple of times on Fox, but that didn't stop them from continuing to push the story as it kept unraveling
On Monday, Brian Maher appeared on Fox to talk about his "personal friend, an American hero" Sharon Toney Finch (who was the initial source for the story) and discuss the vets who were supposedly kicked out for migrants
Fast forward to today:
The Mid Hudson News reported that it was all a scam
midhudsonnews.com/2023/05/19/hom…
Fox News had at least 20 segments that pushed the hoax that 'veterans were kicked out of their hotel by migrants', devoting 45 minutes of coverage to the story
Now Nate Foy, who earlier said he could "confirm" the vets were moved to a different hotel, has "a quick update"
Oops
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