Fox News apologized Saturday to a Gold Star family for publishing a false story last month claiming that the family had to pay $60,000 to ship the remains of their fallen relative back from Afghanistan because the Pentagon refused to pay.

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    11 months ago

    No one that matters watches that shit anyway. It’s a non-issue.

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        11 months ago

        I didn’t say no one watches it- I said no one that matters.

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          11 months ago

          Uh… The public kinda matters. Republicans aren’t exactly fans of democracy, but the GOP definitely needs their voter base. Channels like Fox news are instrumental to expanding and maintaining that voter base.