I am sure that this has been on social media
a billion times,
so
because I am a retired Vietnam Veteran,
here goes a billion and one!
A
Trump
Supporter, Fake
Retired
‘Navy SEAL’
praising Trump on Fox News was a
fake!
The
man’s claimed Vietnam record turned out to be a
fabrication
Published:
16:14 October 20, 2017
But
the story was still on the news outlet’s Facebook page on Thursday,
October 19.
By then it had amassed 1.5 million views.
Fox published a
correction on Thursday.
Washington
Fox News ran a story on October 8
about a decorated Vietnam War Navy SEAL
and
glass artist
who created
an enormous presidential glass seal he hoped to give to President
Donald Trump.
On Thursday, 11 days later,
the network retracted the
story after being told the Trump supporter never served in Vietnam at
all, much less earned commendations for his service.
In the segment,
John Garafalo said he served in the Vietnam War with the US Navy SEAL
team.
Fox News reported that he also received two Purple Hearts and
about two dozen other medals for his service.
The man’s claimed
record turned out to be a fabrication.
It was first discovered by
former Navy SEALs.
Both these SEALs and family members of Garofalo
contacted Fox News about the story, according to the Navy Times.
Don
Shipley,
a retired SEAL, told the Navy Times that he contacted Fox on
October 9, the day after the story ran.
A Fox spokesperson told the
Navy Times it would run an on-air correction on
Sunday.
