A look at how Fox used its coverage of the Minneapolis ICE shooting to push the administration's propaganda
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On January 7, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a woman, Renee Nicole Good, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during an immigration crackdown on the city. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem described the incident as an "act of domestic terrorism" against ICE officers and said the victim "attempted to run them over and rammed them with her vehicle. An officer of ours acted quickly and defensively, shot, to protect himself and the people around him."
State and local officials disputed the accounts, and The New York Times and The Washington Post later reported that videos of the shooting countered Noem's claims.
But Fox was quick to push dubious claims from the administration, saying that "we have more facts now" while suggesting that what happened was a "ramming incident" and that the woman was using the car as a "deadly weapon." According to a Media Matters review, Fox News aired clips or read quotes from statements made by Noem in press conferences at least 17 times during its January 7 coverage of the incident.
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