Fact check: Debunking more false Fox claims about the Canadian convoy protests

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https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/21/politics/fact-check-fox-canada-protests-carter-gutfeld-pirro/index.html


Washington (CNN)Fox News has been repeatedly inaccurate in its coverage of the Canadian "Freedom Convoy" protests against vaccine mandates, Covid-19 restrictions and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

As the protest in the capital city of Ottawa has been dispersed by the authorities -- Ottawa police tweeted Sunday afternoon that 191 people had been arrested and 79 vehicles towed -- Fox inaccuracies have continued. Here's a look at three false claims made by two Fox hosts and a Fox contributor since Wednesday.

A Fox spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Sunday.
A false claim of a protester being killed

Sara A. Carter, a Fox contributor with about 1.3 million Twitter followers, tweeted a dramatic allegation on Friday after a chaotic incident involving police officers on horseback riding near a crowd of protesters on an Ottawa street. Photos and videos showed a female protester lying injured on the ground.

"Reports are the woman trampled by a Canadian horse patrol just died at the hospital," Carter tweeted, adding the hashtags #Trudeau and #FreedomConvoyCanada.

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