Trump falsely links New Orleans terror attack to migrants after erroneous Fox News report

New York CNN — An erroneous early Fox News report about the New Orleans terror attack is warping the political dialogue in the aftermath of the deadly rampage. During the 10 a.m. hour on Wednesday, Fox reported that the New Orleans suspect’s truck crossed the US border in Eagle Pass, Texas “two days ago.” Some of the right-wing network’s coverage explicitly said “the suspect” drove across the border, leaving viewers with the impression that a foreigner might be responsible for the deadly carnage. Ironically, Trump’s original statement used the New Orleans attack to say that he was right and the “Fake News Media” was wrong about the threat posed by illegal immigration. In a strange moment on the air Wednesday afternoon, a Fox reporter read Trump’s quote about “criminals coming in” from other countries, then clarified the New Orleans attacker didn’t enter from another country – without noting that it was Fox that seemingly misled Trump into issuing the statement in the first place.