Fox News claimed the mainstream media rushed to judgment on the Ferguson shooting of Michael Brown.
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The Daily Show: Ears EditionAug 28, 2026
The passage says Fox News wanted people to apologize for rushing to judgment on the Ferguson shooting, and sources show Fox hosts such as Hannity made that apology demand. The extracted claim adds that the target was the 'mainstream media,' which the passage never says, so the claim departs from the passage and cannot be graded as the poster's statement.
What was said
… of a corrupt, lying, tyrannical, possibly murderous Obama White House, kind of like other people used "Hands up, don't shoot" as a symbol for systemic racism, and there's really only one difference between the two phenomena: systemic racism actually exists. We did last week, I thought, a very nice piece on the show about how Fox News wanted people to apologize for rushing to judgment on the Ferguson shooting of Michael Brown, and so we, I think quite cleverly, drew an analogy to that and their rush to judgment on Benghazi. Was really quite droll. Now, while Fox never addressed our Benghazi point, it appears now they're asking for more than an apology. …
The Daily Show: Ears Edition · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. Fox News hosts called for an apology from people who promoted the 'hands up, don't shoot' message after the Justice Department report on the Brown shooting.[1]
Supports. Hannity referred to 'a rush to judgment by so many, quote, prominent people,' naming the president, Eric Holder and Al Sharpton, not the mainstream media as a category.[2]
Context. The passage says Fox News 'wanted people to apologize for rushing to judgment on the Ferguson shooting of Michael Brown'; it does not name the 'mainstream media' as the party that rushed to judgment.[3]
Context. Sources do not show Fox attributing a rush to judgment specifically to mainstream media outlets, so the extracted 'mainstream media' element is not supported by the record.[1][2]
Sources
3 sources: 1 tier 2, 1 rated low, 1 not rated
- 1Jon Stewart calls out Fox News for a double standard in covering Ferguson and Benghaziwashingtonpost.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 2Did the Obama administration fan the flames in Ferguson? - Fox Newsfoxnews.com · rated low for factual reporting by Iffy.news · cited for: supports, context
- 3The Daily Show - The Special Networkyoutube.com · not rated · cited for: context
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