Despite one of Fox's own hosts acknowledging that the story "doesn't add up," Fox News is hyping a New York Post article claiming the White House has turned its back on Newark Mayor Cory Booker. The New York Post -- which, like Fox News, is owned by News Corp. -- published a story quoting an anonymous "ranking administration official" saying that Booker is "dead to us" because of recent comments about presidential campaign advertising. The story also quoted a "Democratic source in contact with both sides" saying of Booker "You're dead and done." Fox & Friends hyped the Post article as its first segment of the day, with co-host Steve Doocy saying Booker wanted to be HUD Secretary, but "not anymore. 'He's dead to us,' kind of in mob talk. Bad headline today in the Post ." The Fox & Friends co-hosts never mentioned that the only quotation from a named source in the Post article consisted of Democratic National Committee executive director Patrick Gaspard saying "Mayor Booker's comments are behind us and we are working together to re-elect the president in November." Nor did Fox mention that the Post quoted other anonymous sources who disagreed that Booker is "dead to us." The Post reported: "Other campaign insiders insist that Booker is not persona non grata , although he is in the doghouse and knows it." Even so, the story seemed fishy to co-host Gretchen Carlson, who said: "After he was apparently 'dead' to the White House, he still went out to Seattle and campaigned for the president a couple of weekends ago or last weekend. So some of the story doesn't add up." Nevertheless, Fox & Friends ran with this dubious, thinly-sourced Post article as its top story of the day.
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