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.

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    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.

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    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.

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        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.

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    What kind of dystopian hellscape do you guys live in that ‘gold star families’ is a concept?

    Good little proles, you threw your child in the belly of Moloch for our profits, you get a gold fucking star.

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      I’m only guessing from reading the caption, but ‘pentagon’ leads me to believe the gold star is an award given to a soldier and not the family.

      -so much for giving the benefit of the doubt. It is some weird shit after all.

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    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.

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      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.