Fox News Retracts Seth Rich Story, Did Not Meet Their Standards

Today Fox News issued a retraction of its coverage of the murder of DNC staffer Seth Rich. The story implied that there was evidence that Rich was the source of leaked emails that embarrassed the DNC during the 2016 presidential campaign, leading to speculation that Rich was murdered by someone working for the DNC.

On May 16, a story was posted on the Fox News website on the investigation into the 2016 murder of DNC Staffer Seth Rich. The article was not initially subjected to the high degree of editorial scrutiny we require for all our reporting. Upon appropriate review, the article was found not to meet those standards and has since been removed.

We will continue to investigate this story and will provide updates as warranted.

The May 16 story in which former detective and Fox News contributor Rod Wheeler claimed to have evidence of Rich’s communications with Wikileaks is still available via the Web Archive. Wheeler later recanted that claim. That hasn’t deterred some from continuing to suggest that the murder of Seth Rich was a DNC orchestrated revenge killing.

RedState’s Jay Caruso commented Sunday night on the debunking of the story and how loyal Trump sycophants like Sean Hannity and Newt Gingrich are pushing the the DNC murder angle. The timing makes it look like they’re using the Seth Rich speculation as a counterweight to the Democrats’ unsubstantiated accusations that the Trump campaign colluded with the Russians to fix the election, another claim that is much hyped despite there being no evidence. We’ve got two tribes dueling with conspiracy theories.

Even though Fox News issued the retraction, Sean Hannity is still frantically pushing  the story on Twitter and his radio show. No doubt that this will consume his television show tonight as well.

DNC knows this is 1000% true. An important piece of information. Follow this closely! https://t.co/ageQdeXBU3

— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) May 23, 2017

Wow. PLEASE READ ASAP https://t.co/wAmkwQkMMs

— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) May 23, 2017

IMPORTANT! Mediamatters is trying to silence me, get me fired, pressure my advertising on radio & TV. Liberal Fascism. I need your help!!

— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) May 23, 2017

I said publicly over and over to the Rich Family they are in my thoughts and prayers. I m trying to find the truth as the Mom Dad bro asked https://t.co/op11hVRlWW

— Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) May 23, 2017

Maybe someone at Fox should fill Hannity in on what meets their standards.

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