{"id":2123614,"date":"2023-12-13T07:38:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T12:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/juan-williams-repeats-false-claim-that-biden-lost-his-son-in-iraq\/"},"modified":"2023-12-13T07:40:20","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T12:40:20","slug":"juan-williams-repeats-false-claim-that-biden-lost-his-son-in-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/juan-williams-repeats-false-claim-that-biden-lost-his-son-in-iraq\/","title":{"rendered":"Juan Williams falsely claims Biden lost his son in Iraq"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fjuan-williams-repeats-false-claim-that-biden-lost-his-son-in-iraq%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=2123614&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 Analyst Repeats \u200bBiden&#8217;s \u2062False Claim About\u200c Son&#8217;s Combat Death<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<figure>\n<p><span>Image Credit<\/span>Grabien\u2063 screengrab<\/p>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p>Fox News Political Analyst\u2064 Juan Williams echoed one of President Joe \u2062Biden&#8217;s most\u200b frequent and appalling\u200b lies: that Biden\u200d lost a son\u200d in combat.<\/p>\n<p>The claim\u200c arose during a segment on\u2063 Fox News Sunday \u2063when Williams expressed sympathy for the\u200c president, whose family is currently under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-democrat-requests-criminal-investigation-into-desantis-immigrant-flights\/\" title=\"CA Democrat seeks criminal probe into DeSantis' immigrant flights.\">multiple federal investigations<\/a>. Biden is facing a\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/there-is-more-evidence-to-impeach-biden-over-ukraine-than-there-ever-was-for-trump\/\" title=\"More evidence supports Biden's impeachment over Ukraine than Trump's.\">congressional impeachment inquiry<\/a> over multimillion-dollar global influence-peddling schemes involving his brother, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/10\/04\/james-bidens-role-in-the-biden-access-for-hire-operation-shows-it-was-a-family-affair\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">James<\/a>,\u200d and \u2062his \u200bson, Hunter. Hunter Biden was recently charged \u200cwith\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/12\/08\/weiss-charges-hunter-biden-with-three-tax-felonies-but-ignores-foreign-influence-peddling-to-protect-joe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nine<\/a> tax-related crimes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I believe that [Joe Biden] loves his son and lost another son in\u2064 war,&#8221; Williams stated. &#8220;So\u2062 he&#8217;s standing by his son. That&#8217;s a family matter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, President\u2062 Biden \u2063never lost a son in armed \u200dconflict. Biden&#8217;s \u2062son,\u2064 Beau, passed away from\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/05\/31\/us\/politics\/joseph-r-biden-iii-vice-presidents-son-beau-dies-at-46.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">brain cancer<\/a> in\u2062 2015. Nevertheless, the president has repeatedly claimed\u2062 that his son \u200ddied \u200din Iraq, despite the fact\u2063 that \u200dthe Iraq \u200bWar ended in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My son was a major in the\u2063 U.S. \u2064Army,&#8221; Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/05\/22\/biden-again-claimed-son-beau-died-in-iraq-to-marines-at-japan-stop\/?utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=twitter&#038;utm_campaign=nypost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stated<\/a> \u2063during a speech to troops in Japan. &#8220;We \u200blost him \u2064in Iraq.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Biden has made\u200d this false claim. \u2063He previously stated it in November of\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/01\/biden-again-wrongly-says-son-beau-died-in-iraq-in-stumbling-florida-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">last year<\/a> \u2064and in \u200ca \u200dspeech\u2063 in Colorado just <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/10\/13\/biden-wrongly-says-late-son-beau-lost-his-life-in-iraq\/%5C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">weeks earlier<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to note \u200bthat if former \u2062President \u200bDonald Trump had lied about his son dying in Iraq,\u2062 the media would have\u2063 had a field day. Yet, Biden seems to get away with \u2064lies all \u2064the time.<\/p>\n<p>Biden&#8217;s false \u2064claim about \u2063his son&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-americans-killed-by-coronavirus-in-20-days-under-biden-than-died-in-vietnam-war-media-grilled-trump-over-same-milestone\/\" title=\"More Americans Killed By Coronavirus In 20 Days Under Biden Than Died In Vietnam War; Media Grilled Trump Over Same Milestone\">combat death<\/a> is an <a href=\"https:\/\/watson.brown.edu\/costsofwar\/costs\/human\/military\/killed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">insult<\/a> \u2063 to the families of the 7,057 service members who actually \u200bdied in Iraq and Afghanistan. The fact-checking by The Washington Post on this\u2063 claim is \u200dstill \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/newssearch\/?query=%22Biden%22+and+%22beau%22+and+%22Iraq%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nowhere<\/a> to be found.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[RELATED:[RELATED:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/08\/09\/joe-biden-needs-to-stop-lying-to-gold-star-families-that-his-son-died-in-iraq\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joe Biden Needs To Stop Lying To Gold Star \u200bFamilies That His Son\u2063 Died In Iraq<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>About the Author<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Tristan Justice \u200bis the\u200c western correspondent for The \u200dFederalist and the author of Social Justice \u200cRedux, a conservative newsletter on culture, health, and wellness.<\/li>\n<li>He has\u200b also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily\u200b Signal, \u200cand his work has been \u200dfeatured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News.<\/li>\n<li>Tristan graduated from George Washington University\u200b with a major in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrat-introduces-bill-to-ban-trump-from-capitol-for-life\/\" title=\"House Democrat Introduces Bill to Ban Trump from Capitol for Life\">political science<\/a> and a minor in journalism.<\/li>\n<li>Follow him on Twitter at <strong>@JusticeTristan<\/strong> or contact him at\u200d <strong>Tristan@thefederalist.com<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Sign up for Tristan&#8217;s\u200d email newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How does the repetition of false claims by news outlets like Fox News undermine their credibility and\u2064 trustworthiness as a reliable source of news<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u2063Year<\/a> during \u2064a campaign stop in Florida and again\u2062 in May of\u2061\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/05\/27\/joe-biden-wrongly-says-his-son-beau-died-in-iraq\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this year<\/a> during a speech\u200c to Marines in Japan. In both\u200d instances, \u200dhe claimed\u2061 that his \u2062son \u200ddied in Iraq while serving\u200c in the military.<\/p>\n<p>It is\u200c both\u200d shocking\u200c and concerning \u2063that a high-profile political analyst like Juan Williams would repeat\u2064 this false claim without correcting\u200b the \u2064record. The job \u2062of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/larry-johnson-the-cia-has-become-the-kgb\/\" title=\"Larry Johnson: The CIA Has Become the KGB\">news analyst<\/a> is to provide accurate and unbiased information to the public,\u200b and perpetuating false information\u2064 is a grave disservice \u2064to the audience.<\/p>\n<p>Williams&#8217; \u2063\u2062statement not \u2063only misrepresents\u200b the truth but also undermines the credibility of Fox News as\u200b\u200b\u200c \u200ca trusted source of news. It is essential\u200d for\u200b news \u200boutlets to maintain the highest standards of \u200dintegrity and fact-checking to ensure the \u200cpublic can rely on\u2062 them for accurate information.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b false claim \u2063about Biden\u200d \u200blosing a son in combat\u200c serves to \u200bcreate a false narrative and manipulate\u2064 public \u2064opinion. By\u200d portraying \u200cBiden as \u200dsomeone who has sacrificed\u200b\u200b\u200c for\u2063 his country, it aims to evoke sympathy \u200cand deflect attention from the serious allegations\u2064 and \u200binvestigations surrounding his family members.<\/p>\n<p>It is crucial for journalists and analysts to rigorously fact-check \u2063their statements and hold themselves accountable for any inaccuracies. In the age of misinformation and fake news, maintaining the trust of the public is \u200bof utmost importance for the media.<\/p>\n<p>The responsibility\u200c also lies with news organizations to \u200buphold journalistic standards and ensure their contributors adhere\u200d to them.\u2063 Allowing false claims to be repeated without correction or clarification undermines the \u200cintegrity of \u2062the \u200corganization and diminishes its credibility.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the repetition of \u2062Biden&#8217;s false\u2062 claim\u2063 by \u200cFox News political analyst Juan Williams is\u200c deeply concerning. It\u200d highlights the\u200d need for\u2064 greater accountability and fact-checking in journalism. News outlets must uphold the highest standards\u200c of integrity and accuracy to serve the public and\u200c protect the credibility\u200c of their organizations.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fox News Political Analyst Juan Williams falsely claimed that President Joe Biden lost a son in combat, perpetuating one of Biden&#8217;s most frequent lies. 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