Published 8 months ago

Fox 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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The Independent

Fox News admits ‘false’ story about marine’s family forced to pay for remains

Fox News says in statement that it ‘sincerely’ apologises to family of Marine Sgt Nicole Gee

8 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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CNN

Fox News apologizes to Gold Star family after facing backlash over false story

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.

8 months ago·Atlanta, United States

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The Washington Post

Pentagon protested false Fox News report about fallen Marine, emails show

The U.S. Marine Corps went up to the highest levels of Fox News last month to challenge a story that falsely claimed a fallen Marine's family had to cover the cost of transporting her remains, emails obtained by The Washington Post show.

8 months ago

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KRDO

Fox News apologizes to Gold Star family after facing backlash over false story

By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business (CNN) — 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. “The now unpublished story has been addressed internally and we sincerely apologize to the Gee family,” a Fox News spokesperson said in a statement, referencing the family …

8 months ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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KIFI

Fox News apologizes to Gold Star family after facing backlash over false story

8 months ago·Idaho Falls, United States

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Raw Story

'Disgusting' Fox News buried for ignoring request to correct 'false' story about fallen Marine

Fox News executives were asked by the United States Marine Corps to amend a story about a 23-year-old Marine killed in Afghanistan, according to The Washington Post, but instead the right-wing news outlet deleted the report. Per The Post, "The July 25 FoxNews.com story," written by Michael Lee, "rel...

8 months ago·United States

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