Last week Fox News did something it almost never does: Admit a false story it promoted more consistently than it really is. Was false. And on Monday, MSNBC’s Chris Hayes enjoyed the whole thing, especially Fox News primetime star Laura Ingraham.
Ingraham was tasked with revealing the mistake, saying the network “had no clue” why anyone would make up that story. “I guess there is a first time for everything,” Hayes quipped after explaining his view that the story “plays directly into the most deranged biases of Fox News’ viewers”.
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Last week, the Murdoch-owned New York Post ran a story that claimed 20 homeless veterans had been kicked out of New York hotels to make room for “migrants”. Fellow Murdoch-owned Fox News naturally picked up the story and ran with it throughout the week – using “illegal” in place of “immigrants,” of course. The network repeatedly claimed that it had verified the facts of the story, and Ingraham herself spoke about it with a carron reading “New York City Puts Illegals Ahead of Veterans”. Quick, Republican politician were talking to Attack on liberals and the Biden administration,
But a local paper, the Mid-Hudson News, proved that a non-profit forged document backing up the story, and then paid several homeless men to lie and claim they were veterans; The motivation for this hoax is still not known. and so it’s on friday night she ingraham, admitted at the end of his show that the story was a lie. Which brings us back to Hayes.
Hayes broke down the whole thing, and then played Ingraham’s statement, which ended as follows: “We have no clue why anyone would do this, but we’ll bring you any updates should they come. “
“Oh, the show ended on Friday night, just got there. Yes, Laura, why would anyone want to create a story that’s too cool to check out, but plays directly into the most deranged prejudices of your conservative audience?” Hayes said. joked. “I can’t imagine Fox News airing such lies, but I guess there’s a first time for everything.”
