US EditionFox News apologizes to family of fallen Marine for false story
- Fox News issued an apology to the Gee family, a Gold Star family, for publishing a false story claiming they had to pay $60,000 to ship their fallen relative's remains from Afghanistan because the Pentagon refused to pay.
- The apology came after a Military.com report revealed that senior members of the Marine Corps had notified Fox News executives that the story was false. Marine Corps spokesman Major James Stenger privately accused the outlet of capitalizing on the Marine's death for "cheap clickbait points."
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Gold Star Family Gets Fox News Apology After Military.com Reports on False Story
The Military.com coverage on Aug. 23 showed how the Marine Corps confronted Fox News in July over its story on Sgt. Nicole Gee, one of 13 service members killed during the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan two years ago.
Fox finally apologizes to family for lying about Marines remains - National Zero
Fox’s cable propaganda network finally issued an apology to the family of a Marine killed in Afghanistan for claiming that the Marines made the family pick up the $60,000 cost of shipping her remains back to the United States, CNN reports. After Florida Republican Congressman Cory Mills–you may remember him for sending dummy grenades to his colleagues when he first joined the House–made the claim, Fox ran with it online on July 25th with the hea…
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