Fox Gave Benghazi More Than 10 Times As Much Coverage As Trump’s Botched Yemen Raid

The following article by Matt Gertz was posted on the Media Matters website March 3, 2017:

After One Month Of Coverage, The Raid Is The Benghazi That Wasn’t

In the month after Navy SEAL William “Ryan” Owens was killed in a botched raid on a terrorist camp in Yemen, none of Fox News’ prime-time hosts even mentioned the incident.

In the month after Navy SEAL William “Ryan” Owens was killed in a botched raid on a terrorist camp in Yemen, none of Fox News’ prime-time hosts even mentioned the incident.

During that January 29 raid — the first counterterrorism operation of President Donald Trump’s administration — “almost everything that could go wrong did,” according to The New York Times. Several news outlets have produced reports suggesting the raid was ordered without sufficient intelligence and preparation and that the administration has been untruthful about the operation. Continue reading “Fox Gave Benghazi More Than 10 Times As Much Coverage As Trump’s Botched Yemen Raid”