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.
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.
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.
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.
It’s slang. Families used to put a blue star on their house. If they had a member who was deployed. The star would be changed to gold if the family member was killed in service.
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.
There is also a Gold Star Medal that can be awarded for soldiers who acted in valor.
That’s not where the term comes from though. The term comes from slang from a tradition where families would put a blue star on their home. If they had a soldier who has been deployed. They would change the star to gold if the soldier was killed in service.
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.
they havent learned their lesson after dominion?
Yeah sure. They won’t lie about any big corporations with lawyers.
I wouldn’t even go that far. They likely just do more to avoid a paper trail, especially one that shows they‘re knowingly spreading false information.
Manipulating people by misleading them with half-truths is their business… what else would they do?
Hurt people all you want, it’s corporations that get protected by us law.
I wonder if this family will have lawyers asking to help them sue Fox for liable? It’s been proven that it can be done.
they can shove their apologies right up Rupert’s ass with a hammer