Fox promoted false talking point that protesting parents were labeled terrorists more than 400 times

A federal judge appointed by Donald Trump dismissed a lawsuit against Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday, noting that a memo Garland issued in October 2021 “does not label anyone a domestic terrorist, as the plaintiffs suggest." The ruling puts the kibosh on a false talking point that Fox News had promoted more than 400 times since the memo’s release, according to a Media Matters review.

Last year, an alliance of conservative think tankers and activists, right-wing media figures, and Republican politicians sought partisan gain by stoking anger against school boards and educators. For months, they inundated...