The Blunders of Fox News & Donald Trump on the Facts about Brexit
The 24th of June 2016 will be remembered as a significant day for the United Kingdom and the European Union. The importance of this day, it seems, was not taken seriously by everyone.
For example Fox News, the US news channel owned by multimillionaire Rupert Murdoch, mistakenly got the facts wrong in its news bar in which it stated that UK decided to leave the UN instead of the EU.
Fox News reporting the UK has voted to leave the “UN” pic.twitter.com/AGXXNb2neh
— Leigh Holmwood (@LeighHolmwood) 24. Juni 2016
What? Now that would have been bad. #EURef pic.twitter.com/d6dpSDn8BY
— Mark H (@pinguescent) 24. Juni 2016
Even republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, got his facts wrong about the Scottish referendum on the EU.
Scotland voted 62 per cent to 38 per cent in favour of remaining in the EU with a 67.2%, turnout rate – the second highest turnout of any referendum held in Scotland, higher even than the 1997 referendum on devolution.
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