slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

FOX Bans Guest for Making False Accusations Against George Soros

The Wrap

Jeremy Fuster

Fox News and Fox Business announced on Sunday that they have banned guest Chris Farrell for making false accusations against Jewish billionaire and Democrat donor George Soros this past week on “Lou Dobbs Tonight,” the networks told TheWrap.

On the Thursday broadcast, Farrell falsely accused Soros of funding the migrant caravan that left Honduras earlier this month and is currently traveling through Mexico toward the U.S. border.

Farrell is a member of the Judicial Watch organization’s board of directors.

“A lot of these folks also have affiliates who are getting money from the Soros-occupied State Department, and that is of great, great concern,” Farrell said. “If we’re going to start cutting money, start cutting money there.”

The episode was aired again on Saturday, hours after a deadly shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh that k**led 11 people.

Soros was also one of more than a dozen prominent Democrats who were sent mail bombs earlier this week. Florida resident Cesar Sayoc was arrested in connection to those packages and charged with 29 felony counts, including 11 counts of use of a firearm to commit murder and 11 counts of obstruction of the exercise of religious beliefs resulting in death.

“We condemn the rhetoric by the guest on ‘Lou Dobbs Tonight,'” Gary Schreier, senior vice president of programming for Fox Business Network, said in a statement. “This episode was a repeat which has now been pulled from all future airings.”

Farrell did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s requests for comment.

Bad Bob Loc: Virginia

sisboombaa

Are we now to assume that all persons appearing on the Fox Network have never publicly falsely accused anyone of anything? How do they know the accusation is false? I wonder.

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

Wonder no more...

Did the FBI Confirm George Soros Was Funding the Migrant Caravan?

An echo chamber consisting of dozens of Twitter and Facebook accounts pushed an unfounded conspiracy theory about George Soros:

The FBI confirmed in October 2018 that billionaire Goerge Soros was funding a migrant caravan.

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ORIGIN: Billionaire George Soros is a frequent target of alt-right conspiracy theories, and in October 2018 pundits, politicians, and online trolls alike began a concerted effort to tie the liberal financier to a caravan of migrants traveling north from Honduras to the United States. Although no evidence currently support claims of ties between Soros and the caravan, the message “FBI JUST CONFIRMED SOROS & OTHER DEMOCRATIC DONORS ARE FINANCING THE CARAVAN” was parroted by dozens of Twitter accounts:

Verbatim copies of this message were also spread by a large number of Facebook users:

None of the postings we’ve encountered have attempted to provide any sort of proof to back up this claim. The social media accounts in this echo chamber did not provide links to news reports, FBI bulletins, or even f**e news articles claiming that Soros was financing the migrant caravan from Honduras.

Furthermore, the FBI has not released any statements or press releases about Soros’ alleged involvement in funding a migrant caravan. We also couldn’t find any credible news reports suggesting that the FBI had made such an announcement.

So where did this message come from? The earliest and most popular example we could uncover was posted by Facebook user “Jim Snyder” on the morning of 22 October 2018. Snyder actually labeled his message “f**e news” in the comment section, but as it went v***l (racking up nearly 40,000 shares within two days) and amassed hundreds of comments, many social media users simply missed the surprising DISCLAIMER and shared this message as if it were reporting a genuine newsworthy revelation: “This is F**E NEWS. The FBI should find out & let us know. Follow the money. This is a national emergency.”

The FBI has not confirmed that Soros was funding the migrant caravan from Honduras. This v***l Facebook message is merely one individual’s rather successful attempt at trolling.

A number of Facebook users pushed back on Snyder for spreading this false rumor. He responded by saying that he posted this message in order to “keep the Snowflakes on there toes”:

It doesn’t appear that Snyder intended for his message to fool tens of thousands of social media users, but his message did feed into the conspiracy theory that Soros is some sort of nefarious puppet master.

It should be noted that Snyder’s fear-mongering post went v***l the day before a bomb was placed in the mailbox at Soros’ home in New York. While Snyder implored Americans to be “better than this” in the comments section of his v***l post, he returned to his fear-mongering tactics the following morning after a series of bombs were mailed to politicians and news organizations:

Coos Bay Tom Loc: coos bay oregon

I am glad Fox news is waking up and calling out false statements at least in this one case. The mental health of this country depends on honest news reports and facts

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

Yes, it does. But, unfortunately, too many define t***h as only what they want or choose to believe.

Again...kudos to FOX on this matter.

sisboombaa

Thanks Slat. It's nice to know of this new concept that one is innocent until proven guilty. Too bad this concept wasn't around during the hearings on our newest Supreme Court appointee.

JimMe

Mr Farrell reported unsubstantiated statements in stating Mr Soros is funding the Caravan... By banning Mr Farrell, Fox News has now set a standard that no one will make unsubstantiated statements against anyone on a Fox News Affiliate...

Fox News has "raised the bar" when it comes to newsworthy integrity... Commentary needs to have proof of Statements... Will this be taken-up by the other News Outlets?!?

bmac32 Loc: West Florida

Too damn bad the other networks won't as honest about Trump, they allow their guests to throw out complete bull day after day.

Justsss Loc: Wisconsin

JimMe, faux news is just another of the stations owner by 6 corporations that control the agenda.
george soros day of judgement is coming soon and I’m hoping it will include his whole family.
Judical Watch is one of the few that are actually digging up the dirt on all of our political leaders. They spare no one including President Trump.

Bad Bob Loc: Virginia

Or Hillary/Qbama

bmac32 Loc: West Florida

Dirt is one thing but out right lies is another.

Bad Bob Loc: Virginia

Judical Watch is a wacko joke. Not even good enough for FOX.

pafret Loc: Northeast

Great Statement! Right out of the textbook from the Jon Stewart school of Scorn & Derision.

If you have nothing to say, sneer.

The only wacko joke on this forum is you.

Bad Bob Loc: Virginia