New York homeless men say they were offered money to pose as military veterans and falsely claim they were pushed out of a hotel to make room for migrants

[onthedarkside]

 

Claims that homeless veterans were pushed out of a Newburgh, New York, hotel to make room for migrants are false, according to two homeless men who told CNN they were part of a group of 15 who were offered money to pose as veterans.

 

The men allege they were offered as much as $200 to sell the ruse to a local chamber of commerce, which did not believe that veterans were pushed out for migrants, the men said.

 

The situation made tensions between the area and New York City worse, as earlier this week a New York state Supreme Court judge granted a temporary restraining order blocking New York City Mayor Eric Adams from sending asylum seekers to Orange County, where Newburgh is located.

 

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https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/19/us/military-veteran-migrants-hotel-new-york-false-claims/index.html

 

[Bkk Brian]

Ooops another story that FOX ran with and had to admit it wasn't true.

 

Laura Ingraham Has ‘No Clue’ Why Vets Group Made Up Story Fox Ran Wild With

Offering up a “little update” on Friday night, Fox News host Laura Ingraham admitted that the story of homeless vets being displaced by migrants was a hoax, adding that she had “no clue” why a group would make up a story her network stoked days of outrage over.

 

A week after the New York Post reported the sensational tale of 20 “struggling homeless veterans” getting booted from upstate New York hotels to make room for asylum-seeking migrants, the story completely fell apart. In reality, Sharon Toney-Finch, the CEO of a veterans’ advocacy organization, had concocted the tall tale and apparently even recruited men from a homeless shelter to pose as the displaced vets for the media.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/laura-ingraham-no-clue-why-152355395.html

[Tug]

That’s low 

[Berkshire]

It seems almost every outrage pushed by the right ends up being a lie.  Can't trust these people.

[KhunLA]

I don't think there is any news network, that hasn't been duped or caught, creating fake news.

 

I personally don't believe much of anything any more.  Too much money and special interest controlling every aspect of the media we're fed.

[vandeventer]

As a Vet. myself this makes me mad as well. If they don't want the illegal's there send them to DC or back to Mexico but don't lie about the Vets. being kicked out of the hotel.