Column: What I learned from watching Fox News after the New Orleans terrorist attack
LA TimesNew Orleans police and federal agents investigate the scene of a New Year’s Day attack in the historic French Quarter. I don’t regret my decision to turn on Fox News on New Year’s Day, because it was a sobering, necessary reminder of the fetid information ecosystem that put Donald Trump in the White House, created a majority in both chambers of Congress and paints critics like me as the enemy. Former White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany appears on “Hannity” at Fox News’ studio in Manhattan in 2023. Counterterrorism commentator Aaron Cohen mentioned a pro-Palestinian rally in Times Square that day and tied it to the New Orleans attack, claiming, “You don’t shut this stuff down. Following that erroneous piece, an avalanche of politicians demanded that the southern border be shut down, and Trump claimed on social media that “the criminals coming in are far worse than the criminals we have in our country.” Gallagher aired an interview with New Orleans-area Republican Rep. Steve Scalise in which Scalise referenced Fox News’ original border crossing claim.
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