The Pentagon Leaks and Fox News

More or Less: Behind the Stats

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Business, Mathematics, Science, News Commentary, News

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🗓️ 22 April 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

The leaking of US intelligence documents and the arrest of a 21 year old airman who authorities believe to be responsible has caused a media and diplomatic storm. We look at how the leaks were reported by primetime Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who said seven Ukrainian troops are dying for every one Russian, contrary to most estimates. And we examine an advert Fox News took out claiming to be the American TV network most trusted for news. With guests Aric Toler from investigative journalism site Bellingcat, data journalist and author G. Elliott Morris and BBC correspondent Olga Ivshina.

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0:00.0	From global current affairs to art, science and culture,
0:05.0	the documentary from the BBC World Service tells the world's stories,
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0:18.6	Hello and welcome to more or less on the BBC World Service,
0:22.4	where you'll weekly guide to the numbers in the news and in life.
0:26.0	I'm Charlotte McDonald.
0:28.8	Tonight at 10, the FBI has arrested a suspect
0:31.8	in the worst leak of secret US intelligence documents in years.
0:36.8	We're going live to the Pentagon.
0:38.8	That's where the spokesman Patrick Ryder is taking questions
0:41.8	and speaking right now on the origins of leaked documents that have been made public.
0:47.8	Under arrest, a member of the Air National Guard
0:50.8	suspected in the unprecedented leak of America's secrets.
0:54.8	The leaking of US intelligence documents and the arrest of a 21-year-old airman
0:58.8	who authorities believe to be responsible has caused immediate and diplomatic storm.
1:04.8	Many of the documents, some of which are marked top secret,
1:07.8	painted detailed picture of the war in Ukraine.
1:11.8	The leaks have been widely reported, including by US Channel Fox News,
1:15.8	many of whose hosts have been critical of the American government's policy in Ukraine.
1:20.8	This is what Fox News Prime Time host Tucker Carlson had to say
1:23.8	about what the leaks showed.
1:25.8	The second thing we learn from these slides is that despite direct US involvement,
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