Fox News is not known for issuing apologies in response to false reporting, so when it happens, it stands out.
Fox initially amended its report, before ultimately removing it from the network’s website altogether, though that process proved to be rather difficult.
In fact, among the most striking elements of this story is the pressure the Marine Corps placed on Fox. From the original Military.comA service spokesman notified the news network that it was pushing an incorrect story and accused it of using the grief of fallen Marine Sgt. Nicole Gee’s family to draw in readers, the email exchanges, released through a Freedom of Information Act Request, show. Fox News eventually deleted the story with no correction.
“This headline correction is still misleading and your story is still false,” Maj. James Stenger, the lead spokesperson for the Marine Corps, wrote to Fox News in an email after the network initially edited its false report. “Using the grief of a family member of a fallen Marine to score cheap clickbait points is disgusting,” Stenger added.of its own on the story, and soon after, Fox apologized to the Gee family and said the matter has been “addressed internally.”
As for the congressman who the network relied on, the Post’s article added, “Two days after his original comments to Fox, Millsin which he seemed to blame the Pentagon and the Gee family for being ‘in their time of grief, confused’ about the costs associated with the transportation of Sgt. Gee’s remains. He said the Defense Department ‘was able to provide clarification’ about the matter.”
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