{"id":1967588,"date":"2023-07-08T16:21:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-08T20:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-forced-to-retract-anti-trump-story-leaves-readers-with-even-bigger-question\/"},"modified":"2023-07-08T16:22:36","modified_gmt":"2023-07-08T20:22:36","slug":"fox-news-forced-to-retract-anti-trump-story-leaves-readers-with-even-bigger-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-forced-to-retract-anti-trump-story-leaves-readers-with-even-bigger-question\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox News retracts anti-Trump story, raises bigger questions."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffox-news-forced-to-retract-anti-trump-story-leaves-readers-with-even-bigger-question%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1967588&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Fox News Forced to Retract Anti-Trump Story, Leaves Readers with Even Bigger Question<\/h2>\n<p>Fox News has been forced to retract an anti-Trump piece thanks to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-lebron-james-call-for-a-barrier-to-be-placed-between-fans-and-players-to-stop-verbal-altercations\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Did LeBron James Call For A Barrier To Be Placed Between Fans And Players To Stop \u2018Verbal Altercations\u2019?\">fake quote attributed<\/a> to a former Trump Cabinet member.<\/p>\n<p>The story, published on Friday, was based on some nasty comments former Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price supposedly made about Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The headline drove that home: <strong>\u201cFormer Trump Cabinet member tells him to \u2018kiss\u2019 his \u2018butt.&#8217;\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fox opened its now-retracted story with the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cEXCLUSIVE: Former Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price told Fox News Digital there\u2019s \u2018no way\u2019 he will support former President Donald Trump\u2019s 2024 presidential bid.<\/p>\n<p>When asked whether he will endorse Trump, Price said, \u2018After he fired me? No way.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The only thing that guy has more of than fake tan is narcissism,\u2019 Price said in an emailed statement to Fox New Digital. \u2018He can kiss my big medical butt.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The potential for bad blood between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-map-projects-trumps-massive-blowout-victory-gop-primary-two-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> and Price is obvious.<\/p>\n<h3>Is Fox News still serving its conservative audience?<\/h3>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Is Fox News still serving its conservative audience?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Yes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>No<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n\t\t\tCompleting this poll entitles you to The Western Journal news updates free of charge. You may opt out at anytime. You also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 15%\">\n\t\t\tYes: 15% (2 Votes)\n\t\t<\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 85%\">\n\t\t\tNo: 85% (11 Votes)\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Price resigned from Trump\u2019s Cabinet in 2017 after it was reported that he had taken multiple taxpayer-funded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-jet-setting-climate-change-scolds-like-bill-gates-john-kerry-just-keep-getting-bolder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">private jet trips<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-forced-to-retract-anti-trump-story-leaves-readers-with-even-bigger-question\/\" title=\"Fox News retracts anti-Trump story, raises bigger questions.\">seemingly personal reasons<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But did he just tell Trump to \u201ckiss my butt\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>Dan Diamond, who reported on Price\u2019s flights back in 2017, said on Friday that a source close to the former HHS secretary not only denied that he had made the comment, but also said he had never heard from Fox on the issue at all.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">!<\/p>\n<p>A source close to Price said he:<\/p>\n<p>(1) never heard from Fox News on this matter<\/p>\n<p>(2) did not write an email to Fox News on this matter<\/p>\n<p>(3) this is not Price\u2019s quote.<\/p>\n<p>Screenshot of Fox News story below. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TLfOQSNg4L\">pic.twitter.com\/TLfOQSNg4L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ddiamond\/status\/1677436944215601152?\">July 7, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nFox has now completely nixed the story and replaced it with a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/correction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">correction<\/a>,\u201d which reads, \u201cThis article inaccurately attributed a quote to former Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price and has been retracted.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Fox has retracted the story.<\/p>\n<p>(Deleted the original tweet here.) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vRHsrws94f\">pic.twitter.com\/vRHsrws94f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ddiamond\/status\/1677445593159925760?\">July 7, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-i-learned-at-the-aspen-ideas-reet-festival-sponsored-by-mastercard-paypal-and-prudential-in-partnership-with-bloomberg\/\" title=\"What I Learned at the Aspen Ideas RE$ET Festival Sponsored by Mastercard, PayPal, and Prudential in Partnership with Bloomberg\">big question<\/a> is, how did this even happen?<\/p>\n<p>Did Fox News get fooled by a fake email claiming to be from Tom Price? Did the writer of the story, Elizabeth Troutman, just make it all up? That seems highly unlikely.<\/p>\n<p>Certainly, it\u2019s hard to blame Miss Troutman \u2014 who is listed on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/elizabeth-troutman-8116a0229\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a> as a college intern at Fox News Digital \u2014 when it is Fox\u2019s editors who are supposed to be fact-checking her work before it is published.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also possible that Troutman was simply handed the story (and the phony quote) and tasked with writing it up. She may have been merely the scribe, not the \u201creporter,\u201d on this misfire.<\/p>\n<p>Still, a mistake of this magnitude makes one wonder if getting Trump was more important than getting the facts.<\/p>\n<p>Has Fox News gone from publishing news to publishing anything that might undermine Donald Trump, whether it is true or not? And if so, what makes Fox any different from the rest of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-stefanik-cawthorn-support-appointing-special-counsel-on-biden-family-china-ties\/\" title=\"Exclusive -- Stefanik, Cawthorn Support\u00a0Appointing Special Counsel on Biden Family China Ties\">left-wing legacy media<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fox-news-forced-retract-anti-trump-story-leaves-readers-even-bigger-question\/\">Fox News Forced to Retract Anti-Trump Story, Leaves Readers with Even Bigger Question<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fox News retracts anti-Trump article after fake quote from ex-Trump Cabinet member, Tom Price, surfaces. The story, released on Friday, featured alleged derogatory remarks about Trump. The headline, &#8220;Former Trump Cabinet member tells all,&#8221; emphasized the false claims.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":1967589,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1967588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1967588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1967589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1967588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1967588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1967588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}