{"id":320373,"date":"2026-03-09T08:43:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T08:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/320373\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T08:43:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T08:43:07","slug":"fox-news-apologises-for-using-old-video-of-hatless-trump-at-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/320373\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox News apologises for using old video of hatless Trump at ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fox News apologised for airing old video of a hatless President Donald Trump during coverage today of his attendance at the dignified transfer ceremony for US soldiers killed in the Middle East war<\/a>, insisting it was an honest mistake.<\/p>\n

In a polarised time, some online critics suggested, without evidence, that it wasn’t an error \u2014 that the network was trying to make Trump look better by not showing him wearing a baseball cap during what is considered one of the most solemn duties of a commander in chief. The return of the bodies of six soldiers took place Saturday (local time) at Dover Air Force Base.<\/p>\n

But Fox News said archival footage of Trump at an earlier ceremony was inadvertently pulled up by a staff member and used on two Sunday morning (local time) telecasts. A spokeswoman noted the correct footage was used at other times, including on Saturday (local time).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe regret the error and apologise for the incorrect footage,\u201d Fox said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Fox News anchor Griff Jenkins issued an on-the-air correction today, saying \u201cwe extend our respect and condolences\u201d to the families of the service members killed.<\/p>\n

The apology didn’t sit well with some critics. \u201cIf any other network did this it would be a huge scandal, Fox would lead the chorus of criticisms and faux-outrage, and people would lose their jobs,\u201d said Mehdi Hasan, founder of the online site Zeteo.<\/p>\n

Johnny \u201cJoey\u201d Jones, a veteran and co-host of The Big Weekend Show on Fox News Channel, said on social media that he was \u201cembarrassed and ashamed\u201d that this happened.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy belief was that this was an honest mistake, but that doesn’t make it an acceptable one,\u201d Jones wrote. \u201cFew things are more sacred than our heroes who give their lives in the line of duty.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jones said that \u201cif posting snarky comments and insults is your way of reacting to this, please direct them at me. I’m the one with sharp words on these issues. If you are using this as a way to take a partisan jab at my hard working colleagues, check your watch.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fox News apologised for airing old video of a hatless President Donald Trump during coverage today of his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320374,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[65,42,5107,43,64,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-320373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-donald-trump","tag-headlines","tag-middle-east","tag-news","tag-north-america","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}