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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    1 year ago

    Aren’t they both owned by the same person?

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      1 year ago

      Nope. CNN is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, and was founded by Ted Turner. Fox News is owned by Fox Corporation, and was founded by Rupert Murdock.

      Understandable mistake. It’s easy to forget those people aren’t the same guy.