In November 2017 , in the immediate aftermath of the 2017 New York City truck attack wherein a terrorist shouted " Allahu Akbar " , Fox News distorted a statement by Jake Tapper to make it appear as if he had said " Allahu Akbar " can be used under the most " beautiful circumstances " . Fox News omitted that Tapper had said the use of " Allahu Akbar " in the terrorist attack was not one of these beautiful circumstances . A headline on FoxNews.com was preceded by a tag reading " OUTRAGEOUS " . The Fox News Twitter account distorted the statement even more , saying " Jake Tapper Says ' Allahu Akbar ' Is ' Beautiful ' Right After NYC Terror Attack " in a tweet that was later deleted . Tapper chastised Fox News for choosing to " deliberately lie " and said " there was a time when one could tell the difference between Fox and the nutjobs at Infowars . It 's getting tougher and tougher . Lies are lies . " Tapper had in 2009 , while a White House correspondent for ABC News , come to the defense of Fox News when Obama criticized the network for not being a legitimate news organization
2017 New York City truck attack
2017 New York City truck attack
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