Fox apologizes for 'disgraceful' comment about Thunberg
Posted September 24, 2019 7:00 am
NEW YORK (AP) - Fox News has apologized for a guest who called environmental activist Greta Thunberg mentally ill, and said he would never appear on the network again.
Michael Knowles of "The Daily Wire" made the comment Monday during a segment on a Fox evening newscast, also saying Thunberg was being exploited by her parents and the left wing.
Fox had no comment Tuesday about its own prime-time host, Laura Ingraham, who likened Thunberg to a murderous child cult leader from a Stephen King short story.
The network said in a statement that Knowles' comment was disgraceful.
FILE - In this July 20, 2016, file photo, conservative political commentator Laura Ingraham speaks during the third day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Fox News has apologized for a guest who called environmental activist Greta Thunberg mentally ill, and said he would never appear on the network again. The network had no comment Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019, about its own prime-time host, Ingraham, who likened Thunberg to a murderous child cult leader from a Stephen King short story. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
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