Fox Nation now lying about their boss

Last week, highlighting Fox Nation's absurdly false claim that President Obama had turned over a "Major Strip" of Arizona to Mexico, Media Matters' Jamison Foser asked, "What lie won't Fox tell?" Today, Fox Nation reveals that they're even willing to lie about their own boss, as long as it helps them push their right-wing ideology.

Here's the backstory: News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch has joined several other CEOs and big-city mayors, including New York City's Michael Bloomberg, in a new organization that is "advocating for immigration reform -- including a path to legal status for all undocumented immigrants now in the United States." This morning, Murdoch and Bloomberg appeared on Fox News' Fox & Friends to discuss the coalition.

That headline is just a lie, as the video of the interview the post links to makes clear. Bloomberg and Murdoch are not calling for a "border security first" approach to immigration. In fact, Fox & Friends co-host Steve Doocy introduced the segment by stating that the coalition says that "we need a comprehensive immigration reform plan that secures our borders and helps America keep up with global competition." Doocy later said that the partnership wants to "secure the border" and provide a "path to citizenship" for undocumented immigrants.*

It looks like Fox isn't just hiding their anti-immigrant rhetoric from Murdoch; they're also hiding Murdoch's more progressive immigration position from their viewers.

*This post previously stated that neither Bloomberg nor Murdoch mentioned border security. Murdoch did mention border security, but did not endorse a policy of "border security first." Bloomberg did not mention border security. I regret the error.