How Fox “reported” a story (here):
“Pennsylvania Democratic Senate nominee John Fetterman hired two convicted murderers to work for his campaign, and his Republican opponent in the state’s November election, Mehmet Oz, claims it shows he is soft on crime.
“Dennis and Lee Horton, two brothers who were convicted of murder in 1994 and serving life sentences in a Pennsylvania prison before being pardoned by the state in 2021, were hired by Fetterman’s campaign as field organizers, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. …
“Oz’s campaign has called on Fetterman’s campaign to fire the Horton brothers, claiming Fetterman ‘consistently puts murderers and other criminals ahead’ of Pennsylvania voters, Brittany Yanick, communications director for Doctor Oz for Senate, said in a statement.”
How Newsweek reported the same story (here):
“While news reports show that it is true that Dennis and Lee Horton received murder convictions, there is more to the story regarding the two brothers.
“According to the Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) nonprofit, the brothers ran into Lee Horton’s childhood friend, Robert Leaf, one evening and let him ride in their car. What they didn’t know was that Leaf was carrying a gun he had just used in a shooting, FAMM wrote.
“After being arrested and charged, prosecutors offered them four to 10 years to testify against Leaf, but they refused because they knew they had not witnessed or played a part in the crime. The two were then convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. …
“A commutation does not declare that the recipient is innocent, but it does partially or fully reduce a sentence. Therefore, the second-degree murder convictions for Dennis and Lee Horton were not technically erased when their sentences were commuted.”
But if they were wrongly convicted, they’re not murderers, are they? The point: Fox News isn’t a news organization, it’s the propaganda arm of the Republican Party.