‘In short, the president’s assertion is false. The White House knows that it was false or could have learned that it was false with a quick Google check, but either did not do so or decided not to tell the truth,” Shepard Smith, Fox News
“Fox News properties covered all of the major ones and at least 79 percent of all mentioned. Fox News and other news organizations make editorial decision of all kinds without influence from the White House, other instruments of government, or anyone else. This will not change in the face of inaccurate assertions from the White House or other attempted government intimidation,” Smith said.