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Fox News, Fake News
From Navy Times:
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy...l-service/
Navy veteran John Garofalo appeared on a Fox News segment this month, showing off a massive presidential seal he carved for President Trump while receiving praise for his service in Vietnam as a SEAL.
The piece was broadcast nationally and featured cascading shots of all Garofalo’s medals. Online, it went viral, racking up 1.5 million Facebook views on Fox’s Facebook page.
“The Vietnam War veteran served seven years as a member of the nation’s first Navy SEAL team,” Fox News reporter Bryan Llenas said. “He was awarded 22 commendations, including two Purple Hearts.”
Um, not exactly:
Garofalo said he had falsely portrayed himself as a Vietnam vet and a SEAL for years.
“It got bigger and bigger,” Garofalo told Navy Times in a telephone interview. “What I did I‘m ashamed of, and I didn’t mean to cause so much disgrace to the SEALs.”
Records show Garofalo did serve in the Navy from Sept. 6, 1963, to Sept. 6, 1967, as an aviation boatswain’s mate ― aircraft handling, or ABH, a job that involves overseeing various ground-based functions involving aircraft.
The closest he ever got to Vietnam was a tour in Rota, Spain.
Hint: The google is your friend.
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10-20-2017 10:09 PM |
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RE: Fox News, Fake News
So he is no different than a sitting Senator in Richard Blumenthal (D-CT). Meh.
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10-20-2017 10:19 PM |
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nomad2u2001
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RE: Fox News, Fake News
Fox gets trolled a good amount.
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RE: Fox News, Fake News
Al Frankin looked in the mirror and lied to himself. Nobody likes that dude.
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cb4029
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RE: Fox News, Fake News
Trump lies. His supporters lie. Fox news lies. America is finally great again.
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gdunn
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RE: Fox News, Fake News
(10-21-2017 05:34 AM)cb4029 Wrote: Trump lies. His supporters lie. Fox news lies. America is finally great again.
Obama/Hillary lied. Their supporters lied. CNN lied.
See how easy that is.
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RE: Fox News, Fake News
(10-20-2017 10:30 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote: Fox gets trolled a good amount.
Dick Blumenthal says hi.
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10-21-2017 10:09 AM |
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nomad2u2001
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(10-21-2017 10:09 AM)DefCONNOne Wrote: (10-20-2017 10:30 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote: Fox gets trolled a good amount.
Dick Blumenthal says hi.
He lied, but the comment didn't make the news besides local stuff until it was proven to be a lie by the NYT. Nobody did a national feature on his awards and "time in Vietnam".
(This post was last modified: 10-21-2017 12:00 PM by nomad2u2001.)
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10-21-2017 11:50 AM |
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RE: Fox News, Fake News
(10-21-2017 11:50 AM)nomad2u2001 Wrote: (10-21-2017 10:09 AM)DefCONNOne Wrote: (10-20-2017 10:30 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote: Fox gets trolled a good amount.
Dick Blumenthal says hi.
He lied, but the comment didn't make the news besides local stuff until it was proven to be a lie by the NYT. Nobody did a national feature on his awards and "time in Vietnam".
That's because he's a Democrat. The mainstream media hides the foibles of Democrats while simultaneously exposing those of Republicans. I've watched it happen for my entire life.
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RE: Fox News, Fake News
Well hell, if you like your plan you can keep it. If you like your doc you can keep him too...
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nomad2u2001
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(10-21-2017 07:11 PM)Old Blue Wrote: (10-21-2017 11:50 AM)nomad2u2001 Wrote: (10-21-2017 10:09 AM)DefCONNOne Wrote: (10-20-2017 10:30 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote: Fox gets trolled a good amount.
Dick Blumenthal says hi.
He lied, but the comment didn't make the news besides local stuff until it was proven to be a lie by the NYT. Nobody did a national feature on his awards and "time in Vietnam".
That's because he's a Democrat. The mainstream media hides the foibles of Democrats while simultaneously exposing those of Republicans. I've watched it happen for my entire life.
No, it's because he never made a habit of saying it and only said it away from the media. He did a good job of keeping it in rallies with vets and not coming up with awards that don't exist.
(This post was last modified: 10-21-2017 11:07 PM by nomad2u2001.)
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Ah, so it’s okay now to lie to Vets cause it’s behind closed doors. Go it. Or is it because he has D next to his name?
One is an example of some, likely, young underpaid producer failure in looking up backgrounds or confirmation on potential guests while looking for people to fill air time.
The other isn’t that. He used lies to gain political and financial advantage.
Much like that other fraud up there, fauxcahontas.
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(This post was last modified: 10-22-2017 05:03 AM by JMUDunk.)
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10-22-2017 05:01 AM |
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nomad2u2001
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(10-22-2017 05:01 AM)JMUDunk Wrote: Ah, so it’s okay now to lie to Vets cause it’s behind closed doors. Go it. Or is it because he has D next to his name?
One is an example of some, likely, young underpaid producer failure in looking up backgrounds or confirmation on potential guests while looking for people to fill air time.
The other isn’t that. He used lies to gain political and financial advantage.
Much like that other fraud up there, fauxcahontas.
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Who said it was ok? I just said it was the reason it never made big news.
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10-22-2017 11:41 AM |
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