Fox News is under fire over a segment that ran last night that gave the impression that a number of Eagles players were kneeling during the national anthem while in reality, it was screenshots of the players in prayer.
Have a look:
https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/1003926399441178624
Screenshot:
Fox News uses pictures of Eagles players praying to pretend they were kneeling for the national anthem (no Eagles player actually did) pic.twitter.com/BbgzmyGdpn
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) June 5, 2018
Yeah, this isn’t a good look, Fox:
this is a case of straightforward lying from Fox https://t.co/NSaE54P5pM
— Jason Linkins (@dceiver) June 5, 2018
Tight end Zach Ertz, seen in one of the photos, fired back at Fox News, tweeting “This can’t be serious…. Praying before games with my teammates, well before the anthem, is being used for your propaganda?! Just sad, I feel like you guys should have to be better than this…”:
This can’t be serious…. Praying before games with my teammates, well before the anthem, is being used for your propaganda?! Just sad, I feel like you guys should have to be better than this… https://t.co/kYeyH2zXdK
— Zach Ertz (@ZERTZ_86) June 5, 2018
Update: Don’t blame Shannon Bream:
I don't know what happened with the B-roll here, but it should be noted that @ShannonBream is a very sincere Christian and there's simply no universe where she had ANYTHING to do with intentionally denigrating players who were praying. https://t.co/5TRlAHE8Ga
— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) June 5, 2018
FWIW, only one Eagles player took a knee last season, and that was Ron Brooks who was cut and not on the Super Bowl roster:
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NFL source notes that not one of the players on the Super Bowl-winning Eagles took a knee all regular and post-season.
Until November, Malcolm Jenkins raised his fist during the anthem to protest racial injustice. In pre-season Ron Brooks took a knee but he was cut.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) June 5, 2018
Update: Fox News apologizes:
.@FoxNews apologizes for showing photos of @Eagles kneeling in prayer in their segment about the national anthem protests pic.twitter.com/2cN3LRUFRf
— Tasneem N (@TasneemN) June 5, 2018
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