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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        1 year ago

        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.

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      1 year ago

      Manipulating people by misleading them with half-truths is their business… what else would they do?

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      1 year ago

      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.

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      1 year ago

      Hurt people all you want, it’s corporations that get protected by us law.