Wrong again, Fox

Boy with matches or al Qaeda in America? We Make Shit Up, You Decide.

Officials blamed a wildfire that consumed more than 38,000 acres and destroyed 21 homes last week on a boy playing with matches, and said they would ask a prosecutor to consider the case.

The boy, whose name and age were not released, admitted to sparking the fire on Oct. 21, Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. Diane Hecht said Tuesday. Ferocious winds helped it quickly spread.

But while the fires raged, Faux News fanned the flames of fear.

This morning on Fox News, hosts of the show Fox and Friends blamed the wildfires in California on a new culprit: al Qaeda.

Don't hold your breath waiting for the correction. Because that’s what journalists do when they get a story wrong. Fox News isn’t in the journalism business, it’s in the fear and misinformation business. And if anyone was stupid enough to believe its bullshit report, Mission Accomplished.