“Gender affirming care” was replaced with “sex change” or “sex reassignment” in at least 19 articles.

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    Is it even legal for news media to misquote someone, especially an elected official?

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      I can’t speak to the legality, but it sure sounds like they violated the terms and agreement in place with AP repeatedly. I wonder what recourse AP has and if they could choose to disallow their content entirely on Fox? It seems like most news organizations get a majority of reporting from AP. I can only imagine the detrimental impact to Fox News if that came to pass.

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        I mean, it’s not like anyone goes to Fox for real news anyways. I doubt any of their userbase would complain.

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      They’re not a “news” organization. They’re corporate media, entertainment. They even lost one of their certifications as a “trusted news source” for blatantly lying and regurgitating internet memes without checking their sources.

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      It does sound like it could be defamation again, which they’d probably lose again to in court. They knowingly misquoted information.