False Claims of Migrants Displacing Homeless Veterans Spark Controversy
TL;DR
Reports about migrants displacing unhoused veterans from hotels in upstate New York have been found to be false after an investigation by local news outlets. The chief executive of Yerik Israel Toney Foundation (YIT), a non-profit organization focused on housing military veterans, has been accused of fabricating stories about unhoused veterans getting kicked out of hotels to make space for migrants. The investigation found that receipts were altered and unhoused men were recruited to pose as displaced veterans. Fox News issued a rare on-air correction, and the state attorney general's office is looking into the situation.
- Viral story of migrants displacing unhoused veterans from hotels turns out to be false The Guardian US
- 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 CNN
- Fox News Stoked Outrage Over Migrants Displacing Homeless Vets. It Was a Hoax. The Daily Beast
- Attorney general probing false claims about displaced veterans Times Union
- Laura Ingraham Has ‘No Clue’ Why Vets Group Made Up Story Fox Ran Wild With Yahoo News
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