Shep Smith Methodically Fact-Checks Both Fox News And Trump On Live TV

[babylonsister]

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/shep-smith-donald-trump-caravan_us_5bce91fee4b0d38b587b6ed0

Shep Smith Methodically Fact-Checks Both Fox News And Trump On Live TV
“The president has offered no evidence to support what he has said.”
By Ed Mazza

Link to tweet

Fox News host Shepard Smith conducted a fact check on Monday after President Donald Trump tweeted that “unknown Middle Easterners” were hiding among the caravan of migrants making its way to the United States’ southern border.

Trump called the situation a “national emergy” (sic) and said he had alerted the military.

Smith responded:

“An important note: Fox News knows of no evidence to suggest the president is accurate on that matter, and the president has offered no evidence to support what he has said.”

Ironically, Trump may have received his information from another show on Fox News. As Mediaite noted, the president’s tweet appeared less than two hours after Pete Hegseth made a similar claim on “Fox & Friends,” a show Trump is known to watch.

“You’ve got the president of Guatemala saying to a local newspaper down there just last week they caught over 100 ISIS fighters in Guatemala trying to use this caravan,” Hegseth said. “He talked to their local newspaper.”

Hegseth admitted the claim “hasn’t been verified,” then added that “even one poison pill is too many in a caravan like that.”

[bigbrother05]

1. They are implying that their DHS is too incompetent to handle a crowd

A caravan of folks should be easy to track and prepare for. Not sure who qualifies as ISIS right now, but the stereotype should be easily distinguished from Central American refugees.

Sounds like they think that trained Border Guards and Immigration authorities couldn't properly screen a group of asylum seekers that numbered more than a few families.

Wonder what John Kelly would say about dissing his colleague?

[Loki Liesmith]

2. Why does Shep stay at Fox?

Is there some cachet in being the sole credible journalist in a hopelessly corrupt news organization?

[babylonsister]

3. I wonder why faux allows him to remain. I guess he's their 'balance'. nt

[LovingA2andMI]

4. Shep....

Is WAY TOO GOOD for Faux News. Wonder why does he stay there? Seriously.