Fox News Spreads False Claim About New Orleans Truck Attack Suspect's Immigration Status

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Fox News Spreads False Claim About New Orleans Truck Attack Suspect's Immigration Status
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Following a deadly truck attack in New Orleans on New Year's Day, Fox News initially reported that the suspect, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, had crossed the U.S.-Mexico border just two days prior. This claim was later retracted, but the damage was done as the false information was widely shared. PolitiFact investigated the incident and found that Jabbar was a U.S. citizen and Army veteran who had entered the country legally.

PolitiFact | At least one Fox News broadcast on Jan. 1 reported that the truck had crossed the U.S. southern border two days before and was driven by the suspect.A black flag with white lettering lies on the ground rolled up behind a pickup truck that a man drove into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans , killing and injuring a number of people, early Wednesday morning, Jan. 1, 2025.Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the 42-year-old suspected driver in the New Year’s truck attack in New Orleans , was a U.S.

Reporters walked this back within minutes on air. The network issued a correction within an hour saying that the truck entered the country in mid November, and it wasn’t driven by Jabbar.

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