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Fox’s ‘Terror Granny’ Story Looking Pretty Iffy

Ryan Reilly spent most of the day digging into Fox News’ national and local coverage of a purported investigation into the alleged terrorism ties of a wacky 46-year-old grandma in Indiana who converted to Islam and has a propensity for spouting anti-government rhetoric and friending suspected terrorists on Facebook. What Ryan found is best summed up by a spokesman for the Indiana State Police: “I think some of the information Fox reported was kind of taken out of context.”

David Kurtz

David Kurtz is Managing Editor and Washington Bureau Chief of Talking Points Memo where he oversees the news operations of TPM and its sister sites.

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