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As you have likely seen or read, Fox News had to apologize for using old video of President Trump at Dover, welcoming the bodies of dead American soldiers back to U.S. soil.

In reality, Trump wore a baseball hat that he is selling and did not take it off as the bodies passed by.

In the Fox News video, Trump was not wearing a hat, as it was old video.

FNC apologized and claimed they aired the wrong video by mistake. This was the statement Fox News made about the “mistake.” “FOX News Media programs inadvertently aired file footage from a previous dignified transfer while discussing yesterday’s ceremony at Dover Air Force Base. The archival footage was mistakenly used during the video sourcing process. We regret the error and apologize for the incorrect footage.’

Anyone who has worked in a newsroom knows that something like this just doesn’t happen. You are not going to confuse fresh video with old file footage.

Fox News can claim it was a “mistake,” but let’s call it what it is.

A lie.