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A military veteran glowingly featured by Fox News earlier this month for his pro-Trump artwork and his record as a “war hero” admitted Thursday to lying about his military service. John Garofalo, 72, was featured in a Bryan Llenas report as having served seven years as a Navy SEAL, receiving 22 commendations, including two Purple Hearts, and having been listed twice as missing in action during Vietnam. Garofalo, who personally carved a presidential seal to gift President Trump, is a “tough, tough man,” Llenas said, after calling him a “hero” during an interview. Fox News anchor Eric Shawn later remarked: “God bless John Garofalo. We certainly hope maybe the president is listening.” However, when the Navy Times reached out to Garofalo on Thursday, he confessed to having lied about his military service. “What I did I’m ashamed of, and I didn’t mean to cause so much disgrace to the SEALs,” he told the Times. Fox News has since removed the video, which went viral on Facebook, and issued a statement apologizing for the error. 


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Garofalo said he had falsely portrayed himself as a Vietnam vet and a SEAL for years.

“It got bigger and bigger,” Garofalo told Navy Times in a telephone interview. “What I did I‘m ashamed of, and I didn’t mean to cause so much disgrace to the SEALs.”

Records show Garofalo did serve in the Navy from Sept. 6, 1963, to Sept. 6, 1967, as an aviation boatswain’s mate ? aircraft handling, or ABH, a job that involves overseeing various ground-based functions involving aircraft.

 The closest he ever got to Vietnam was a tour in Rota, Spain.

Former SEALs who first confirmed Garofalo’s lie, and family members of the man, both said they have contacted Fox about retracting the segment.

The Fox segment was still up on its Facebook page as of Thursday afternoon. A Fox representative said in an email that it would run an on-air correction Sunday and corrections would be made on its website and Facebook page.

“Fox News not withdrawing that story has drove me nutty,” said Don Shipley, a retired SEAL who outs bogus military service claims and was the first to obtain official records disputing Garofalo’s story.

 
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Garofalo is  the typical Trump supporter 
 
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FoxNews said it would run an on-air correction Sunday along with corrections on its website and Facebook page.

..and John Garofalo said he didn’t mean to cause so much disgrace and that he was ashamed of what he did ..what else to you want ?

That's a whole lot more than what the alphabet station do when they put out false and misleading information on a daily basis..
 
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Quote Originally Posted by SarasotaSlim:

FoxNews said it would run an on-air correction Sunday along with corrections on its website and Facebook page.

..and John Garofalo said he didn’t mean to cause so much disgrace and that he was ashamed of what he did ..what else to you want ?

That's a whole lot more than what the alphabet station do when they put out false and misleading information on a daily basis..

 
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Quote Originally Posted by SarasotaSlim:

FoxNews said it would run an on-air correction Sunday along with corrections on its website and Facebook page.

..and John Garofalo said he didn’t mean to cause so much disgrace and that he was ashamed of what he did ..what else to you want ?

That's a whole lot more than what the alphabet station do when they put out false and misleading information on a daily basis..

You have been the author of many similar threads over the years being ultra critical about issues that really are not that important...so when you have asked these same kind of things, what is it that YOU wanted to accomplish?
 
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Quote Originally Posted by wallstreetcappers:


You have been the author of many similar threads over the years being ultra critical about issues that really are not that important...so when you have asked these same kind of things, what is it that YOU wanted to accomplish?


As always,,, only rebuttal and lively debate............

 
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Heard on the street, Bill O'Reilly is shortly to be back to Fox News. Fox has gained back it's norm as usual. 
 
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What else would you expect from a Trump Supporter ... 

= LIES 

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Fox is less trustworthy as a news source than ABC, NBC, CNN and CBS according to survey by University of Missouri journalism institute.  Most trusted news sources are BBC and public television.
 
 
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That's one more reason why I refer to that network at Fox Bullshxt and Propaganda.
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