Fox News’ “Fox & Friends” morning show will address its coverage of a report by The Hill on the air Tuesday, Fox News confirmed to The Hill.
“Fox & Friends” has been accused of misinterpreting some aspects of the report.
The address by the morning program comes after President Trump retweeted a “Fox & Friends” report early Monday that former FBI Director James Comey “leaked CLASSIFIED INFORMATION” per the president’s tweet.
James Comey leaked CLASSIFIED INFORMATION to the media. That is so illegal!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 10, 2017
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Trump’s retweet came shortly after the segment aired on “Fox & Friends,” a program the president has publicly praised in the past.
The show appears to have misinterpreted a Sunday report on The Hill regarding the contents of Comey’s memos.
That report, based on interviews with unnamed “officials familiar with the documents,” stated that “more than half” of the Comey memos contained classified information.
But the same report does not claim that Comey leaked classified information when he leaked his memos through a friend to the New York Times, however.
The Hill report also noted the information “contained information classified at the ‘secret’ or ‘confidential’ level.” But a “Fox & Friends” tweet said the information was “top secret.”
Report accuses material James Comey leaked to a friend contained top secret information pic.twitter.com/Hkg4cAb6o9
— FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) July 10, 2017
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"Fox & Friends" to address misinterpreted report on Comey memos https://t.co/ZxOsGUiK6j pic.twitter.com/mSGPXTXA0l
— The Hill (@thehill) July 10, 2017
Donald Trump, spreading his own fake news.
Correction: Comey's memos did not have top secret info. The report says half were classified at secret or confidential level, not top secret
— FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) July 11, 2017
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