Fox News Apologizes For ‘Insensitivity’ of On-Screen Chart Showing Stock Gains After Killings

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Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorFox News Channel on Saturday apologized after the display of an on-screen chart showing stock-market gains in the wake of infamous killings of Black men generated sharp criticism, acknowledging that the graphic should not have aired without more context.The illustration was used Friday on a broadcast of “Special Report with Bret Baier,” the cable-news outlet’s regular 6 p.m.

program. During a segment examining recent stock-market performance, Fox News used a chart that showed how the S&P 500, a widely-used barometer of financial health,  had made gains after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

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