Faux News strikes again. I noticed earlier this afternoon, noted anti-Muslim bigot Pam Geller forwarding a tweet from a supposed ISIS sympathizer, claiming it was sent out PRIOR to to today's shootings in Chattanooga Tennessee. Fox News and Hannity took it up as proof Chattanooga was a ISIS linked terrorist shooting.
Media Matters took a simple look at the time stamp and found it was sent out at 1:34PM EST, not the 10:30-10:40 when the shooting started.
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On Your World, Fox's chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge reported, "the last investigative thread I would mention at this point is that we're taking a hard look at a Twitter account -- an ISIS-linked Twitter account -- that seemed to have foreknowledge of the shooting in Chattanooga. The tweet went out at 10:34 with the hashtag Chattanooga referring to American dogs and a likely shooting. This of course was about 15 minutes before the shooting took place."
On his radio show, Fox News host Sean Hannity also referenced the inaccurate information.
Pam Geller
Geller made the claim on Twitter and on her blog, writing, "This morning an ISIS supporter tweeted this at 10:34 am -- the shooting started at 10:45." The report cited by Hannity from Jihad Watch cites Geller as the source. Spencer has often worked with Geller on anti-Muslim projects.
But the tweet was posted at 1:34 p.m. Eastern time, not 10:34 a.m., as Geller asserted. According to news reports, the shooting "unfolded at two sites over 30 minutes" and started "around 10:45 a.m. ET
Media Matters also shows Fox News is starting to walk the ISIS/Chattanooga link back, but only partially.