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Fox News Execs Couldn’t Figure Out Source of Retracted Seth Rich Story: Report

CONSPIRACYLAND

A Yahoo News investigation also found that, despite White House denials, one senior staffer—Steve Bannon—actively pushed the conspiracy theory at the time.

Andrew Kirell
Andrew Kirell
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According to a Yahoo News investigation, the infamous Seth Rich conspiracy theory was planted in the U.S. by Russian intelligence agents. And after the debunked story made its way to Fox News, network executives were never able to identify the source of their now-retracted story.

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