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Fox producer finds Memorial Day morons who don’t even know what holiday is for: ‘America’s birthday?’

Nypost · 🇺🇸 public United States · · 489 words · By Georgia Worrell
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Fox producer finds Memorial Day morons who don’t even know what holiday is for: ‘America’s birthday?’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

Claims checked 10
Techniques found 4
Topics 2

Coverage spectrum

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What happened

Fox producer finds Memorial Day morons who don’t even know what holiday is for: ‘America’s birthday?’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on GoogleThese beach bozos put up a memorial to their cluelessness.

Common ground

Fox News’ “Jesse Watters Primetime” was back on the beaches for Memorial Day finding the dumbest GenZ revelers in California — just months after pulling off a similar stunt with Florida’s spring breakers.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Appeal to Fear: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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psychologyPropaganda Techniques Detected

eFinder identified 4 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 90% confidence
Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.
Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
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Name Calling / Labeling 100% confidence
Attaching a negative label to a person or group to reject them without evidence.
Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
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Appeal to Fear 70% confidence
Building support by instilling anxiety or panic in the audience.
Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
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Appeal to Anger 80% confidence
Provoking outrage to bypass rational evaluation of an argument.
Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 10 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Who bombed Pearl Harbor? According to the respondents, Americans did.”
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The evidence provides historical facts about Pearl Harbor and a joke by Donald Trump, but does not confirm that interviewees in a Fox segment claimed Americans bombed Pearl Harbor.
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web search NEUTRAL — Dec 7, 2024 ... Meteorologist Ted Buehner says public weather information became restricted following Pearl Harbor in the belief data could be used by enemy ...
https://www.livenowfox.com/news/pearl-harbor-day-2024
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web search NEUTRAL — Dec 8, 2025 ... The Japanese Navy's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on Sunday, December 7, 1941, is etched in the memories of generations of Americans.
https://www.facebook.com/usnationalarchives/posts/the-japane…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 19, 2026 ... “We didn't tell anybody about it because we wanted a surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl ...
https://www.fox8live.com/2026/03/19/trump-makes-joke-about-p…
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Claim 2: “just months after pulling off a similar stunt with Florida’s spring breakers.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that 'Jesse Watters Primetime' produced segments interviewing college spring breakers in Florida (Fort Lauderdale) in March 2026.
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 25, 2026 · In the clip, which aired on Jesse Watters Primetime this week, when asked about the most important issue facing America, one person responds, “ ...
https://www.facebook.com/MoshehNews/videos/a-fox-news-segmen…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 24, 2026 · 'Jesse Watters Primetime' asks college students about I.C.E., TSA lines and more.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6391588411112
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 23, 2026 · Fox is an entertainment company, You can't really expect much from Jesse Watters here 10w nier when Jessie himself did the interviews!!
https://www.facebook.com/JesseWattersFNC/posts/spring-break-…
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Claim 3: ““Memorial Day is…it’s America’s birthday,” one young man confidently told Fox producer Johnny Belisario.”
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The evidence provided for this claim consists of unrelated news snippets about Niger Innis, Brian Moynihan, and Jill Biden. There is no mention of a young man calling Memorial Day 'America's birthday'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Fox & Friends is an American daily morning conservative news and talk program that airs on Fox News and reruns on Fox. It premiered on February 1, 1998, and is currently hosted by Brian Kilmeade, Ains…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_&_Friends
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Fox News Tonight is an American TV show that aired on the Fox News Channel from September 25, 2017 until October 27, 2017 and then from April 24, 2023 until July 14, 2023. It was the successor to Tuck…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_News_Tonight
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Fox News Channel (FNC) is an American basic cable and satellite news television channel that was founded by media mogul Rupert Murdoch in 1996. It competes as one of the top-three cable news netwo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Fox_News
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Claim 4: ““What were they fighting over in the Civil War?” Belisario asked. ... gobsmackingly guessing: “Dinosaurs.””
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The evidence mentions a different error by Bret Baier regarding dinosaurs, but there is no evidence of an interviewee claiming dinosaurs caused the Civil War.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Clayton Morris (born December 31, 1976) is an American YouTuber, real estate investor, and former television news anchor. He co-hosts Redacted News on the video platform Rumble and on his eponymous Yo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clayton_Morris
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Fox News Channel (FNC), often referred to as Fox News, is an American multinational conservative news and political commentary television channel and website based in New York City. Owned by the F…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_News
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Julie Roginsky (born April 25, 1973) is an American Democratic Party strategist, television personality and the founder of the non-profit Lift Our Voices, who has been credited with passing landmark f…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Roginsky
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Claim 5: “then said “the New Jersey bomber” was behind the War on Terror.”
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No evidence was found after searching for this specific claim.
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Claim 6: “when asked who won the Cold War, the answers ranged from Russia to New York.”
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The evidence discusses the 'Second Cold War' and an unrelated car crash in New York, but does not corroborate the claim about interviewees' answers regarding the Cold War winner.
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web search NEUTRAL — The terms Second Cold War, Cold War II, and New Cold War have been used by scholars and journalists to describe heightened geopolitical tensions in the 21st century post–Cold War era, usually between …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Cold_War
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web search NEUTRAL — Driver charged with DUI for New York nail salon crash.
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/16980/
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web search NEUTRAL — New Building in Agno: Expansion of Production Area by 1000 m2.
https://www.practicalmachinist.com/forum/categories/images-a…
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Claim 7: “Fox News’ “Jesse Watters Primetime” was back on the beaches for Memorial Day finding the dumbest GenZ revelers in California”
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The provided evidence contains general information about Fox News and unrelated Wikipedia entries, but no specific reports or clips confirming a Memorial Day segment in California featuring Gen Z revelers.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Below Deck Down Under is an American reality television series that premiered on Peacock on March 17, 2022. The show is the third spin-off of Below Deck, following Below Deck Mediterranean and Below D…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Below_Deck_Down_Under
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Fox News Channel (FNC), often referred to as Fox News, is an American multinational conservative news and political commentary television channel and website based in New York City. Owned by the F…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_News
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of American television programmes currently in production.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_television_pr…
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Claim 8: “The answers didn’t improve when the beach-goers were asked who Americans fought in World War II. “Albania,” one woman said. “Russia,” another responded. “Vietnam,” one man said”
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The evidence discusses VOA, Russian propaganda, and general WWII history, but does not corroborate the specific incorrect answers (Albania, Russia, Vietnam) given by interviewees in a Fox segment.
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web search NEUTRAL — VOA was established in 1942, during World War II. Building on American use of shortwave radio during the war, it initially served as an anti-propaganda tool ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of_America
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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 20, 2025 · Over the last decade, Russian propaganda efforts have affected the U.S. and other countries in various ways.
https://www.facebook.com/newshour/posts/over-the-last-decade…
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web search NEUTRAL — While the segment was aimed at Fox News's conservative audience, it found another audience in Russia. ... America intervened on the wrong side in World War II.
https://www.facebook.com/seattletimes/posts/some-us-conserva…
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Claim 9: “One young man even insisted that war got its name because “it was snowing.””
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No evidence was found after searching for this specific claim.
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Claim 10: “Who did Americans fight during the Revolutionary War? Not a concern to these beach-goers – whose responses included France and “ourselves.””
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The evidence provided includes general information about the Revolutionary War and Fox News, but does not contain any record of interviewees claiming France or 'ourselves' were the opponents.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Being Canadian is a 2015 Canadian documentary comedy film that was written and directed by Robert Cohen and produced by The Sibs (Colin Keith Gray and Megan Raney Aarons), in association with Movie Ce…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Being_Canadian
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan is a 2006 mockumentary black comedy film co-written by and starring Sacha Baron Cohen as Borat Sagdiyev, a fictional…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borat
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) is an American cable news channel. Owned by Versant, the channel primarily broadcasts rolling news coverage and political commentary. Its studios are located in Versant's world…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_NOW
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info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.