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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsShep Smith Methodically Fact-Checks Both Fox News And Trump On Live TV
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/shep-smith-donald-trump-caravan_us_5bce91fee4b0d38b587b6ed0Shep Smith Methodically Fact-Checks Both Fox News And Trump On Live TV
The president has offered no evidence to support what he has said.
By Ed Mazza
Link to tweet
Fox News host Shepard Smith conducted a fact check on Monday after President Donald Trump tweeted that unknown Middle Easterners were hiding among the caravan of migrants making its way to the United States southern border.
Trump called the situation a national emergy (sic) and said he had alerted the military.
Smith responded:
An important note: Fox News knows of no evidence to suggest the president is accurate on that matter, and the president has offered no evidence to support what he has said.
Ironically, Trump may have received his information from another show on Fox News. As Mediaite noted, the presidents tweet appeared less than two hours after Pete Hegseth made a similar claim on Fox & Friends, a show Trump is known to watch.
Youve got the president of Guatemala saying to a local newspaper down there just last week they caught over 100 ISIS fighters in Guatemala trying to use this caravan, Hegseth said. He talked to their local newspaper.
Hegseth admitted the claim hasnt been verified, then added that even one poison pill is too many in a caravan like that.
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Shep Smith Methodically Fact-Checks Both Fox News And Trump On Live TV (Original Post)
babylonsister
Oct 2018
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bigbrother05
(5,995 posts)1. They are implying that their DHS is too incompetent to handle a crowd
A caravan of folks should be easy to track and prepare for. Not sure who qualifies as ISIS right now, but the stereotype should be easily distinguished from Central American refugees.
Sounds like they think that trained Border Guards and Immigration authorities couldn't properly screen a group of asylum seekers that numbered more than a few families.
Wonder what John Kelly would say about dissing his colleague?
Loki Liesmith
(4,602 posts)2. Why does Shep stay at Fox?
Is there some cachet in being the sole credible journalist in a hopelessly corrupt news organization?
babylonsister
(171,091 posts)3. I wonder why faux allows him to remain. I guess he's their 'balance'. nt
LovingA2andMI
(7,006 posts)4. Shep....
Is WAY TOO GOOD for Faux News. Wonder why does he stay there? Seriously.