MEDIA/SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Fox News apologized on Tuesday [6-5-18] for showing photos of Philadelphia Eagles players kneeling in prayer — not in protest — during a story about President Trump canceling a White House ceremony honoring the team for its Super Bowl victory. The 33-second report aired late Monday [6-4-18] with four still pictures of the Eagles shown in the background of Shannon Bream’s narration. She said that the cancellation was due to ‘the national anthem controversy,’ where some NFL players knelt during the ‘Star Spangled Banner’ last season to protest police brutality. ‘To clarify, no members of the team knelt in protest during the national anthem throughout the regular or post-season last year,’ said Christopher Wallace, executive producer of the 11 p.m. Eastern program where the report aired Monday. ‘We apologize for the error.’ Fox tweeted a copy of Wallace’s apology on its news account Tuesday and said the error would be addressed on the television show. President Donald Trump abruptly canceled the ceremony planned to celebrate the Eagles’ Super Bowl victory after it became clear that the majority of players would not attend, renewing controversy over players taking a knee.”
-AP Staff, “Fox Sorry for Depicting Praying NFL Players in Protest Story,” The New York Times online, June 5, 2018