Fox News falsehoods

In the Aug. 18 Daily Press a writer stated, “But here's a thought — why not give us an actual instance of Fox News' “lying” or do you just “know” it happens?” Well here are just three examples of recent lies from Fox News: Please go to politifact.com/punditfact/statements to find more.

On July 18, Fox News host Greg Gutfeld brought up the case of Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass.

"Nothing will ever come close to Ted Kennedy meeting with the KGB in order to beat Ronald Reagan in 1984," Gutfeld said on his show July 15. "It was a quid pro quo. You help the Dems. We help the USSR. If it worked, we would still have the USSR." Rated FALSE

"What happened was John Podesta gave his password to a hacker. And guess what his password was, 'Password,'" said Fox News' Jesse Watters on Jan. 4. "It’s a true story. His password was ‘password.’"

The thing is, there’s no material evidence to support the claim that Podesta violated a very basic tenet of Internet safety. Rated FALSE

Even so, some right-wing pundits continue to peddle this conspiracy, most prominently on Fox News. Among them are host Sean Hannity and former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

"We have this very strange story now of this young man who worked for the Democratic National Committee, who apparently was assassinated at 4 in the morning, having given WikiLeaks something like 53,000 emails and 17,000 attachments," Gingrich said on Fox News May 21. "Nobody’s investigating that, and what does that tell you about what was going on? Because it turns out, it wasn’t the Russians." Rated LIAR LIAR PANTS ON FIRE

As a side note, a Pew Foundation survey a few years ago found that Fox news was the second “least trusted” news source, second only to Rush Limbaugh.

Lawrence Mayer

Lucerne Valley