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stated on August 1, 2016 in on Fox and Friends:

"Nobody covered" the remarks of Patricia Smith, the mother of a Benghazi victim, "live, but almost everybody covered Khizr Khan's, Mr. Khan's remarks live."

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By Neelesh Moorthy August 1, 2016

Wrong: Fox News anchor says networks covered Khizr Khan but skipped Patricia Smith

On Fox and Friends the week after the Democratic National Convention, Brian Kilmeade criticized a "double standard" in the media.

He accused major media networks of covering Khizr Khan’s remarks — accusing Republican nominee Donald Trump of not reading the Constitution — live, but not covering Patricia Smith, the mother of Benghazi victim Sean Smith, live.

"Nobody covered those (Patricia Smith’s) remarks live but almost everybody covered Khan's, Mr. Khan's remarks live," Kilmeade said.

That’s wrong. We looked through television programming from both events using a recording service that chronicles and time-stamps live television programming. Here’s what we found.

What aired

Smith’s speech, on the first night of the Republican National Convention July 18, 2016, began around 8:24 p.m. ET.

The speech was aired live by both CNN and MSNBC. It was not live on Fox News, coincidentally. Fox News went to commercial right before Smith took the stage and returned to a phone interview between Donald Trump and Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly.

Lou Dobbs Tonight on the Fox Business channel had footage of the speech, but no audio.

The broadcast networks, NBC, CBS, ABC and FOX, did not cover any convention programming before 10 p.m. ET.

stated on September 13, 2013 in a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire"

"1 percent of candidates that (the National Rifle Association) endorsed in 2012 won."

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Khan’s speech aired at 9:13 p.m. ET on July 28, 2016, from Philadelphia. Again, it was aired live by CNN and MSNBC but not Fox News.

Fox News was in a commercial when Khan began speaking. The cable network showed pictures of Khan speaking on the side but did not have audio. When Fox News returned from the break, it went to a press conference on ISIS by FBI director James Comey.

C-SPAN also covered both speeches live.

A Fox News spokeswoman did not respond to our request for comment.

Our ruling

Kilmeade said "nobody" aired Patricia Smith’s remarks live, but "almost everybody" covered Khan’s remarks live.

CNN, MSNBC and C-SPAN covered both speeches live. Coincidentally, Fox News — of which Kilmeade is an employee — covered neither live.

Point being: the speeches were covered the same. Kilmeade’s statement rates Pants on Fire.

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stated on August 2, 2016 in at the White House:

Because of the Trans-Pacific Partnership "we’ve got a country like Malaysia taking really serious efforts to crack down on human trafficking."

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stated on August 2, 2016 in a press conference at the White House:

Thanks to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, "Vietnam is drafting and presenting unprecedented labor reforms, changing their Constitution to recognize worker organizations in Vietnam for the first time."

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stated on August 2, 2016 in a White House press conference:

The Trans-Pacific Partnership "knocks out 18,000 tariffs that other countries place on American products and goods."

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stated on July 30, 2016 in a tweet:

"American homeownership rate in Q2 2016 was 62.9% - lowest rate in 51yrs."

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stated on August 1, 2016 in on Fox and Friends:

"Nobody covered" the remarks of Patricia Smith, the mother of a Benghazi victim, "live, but almost everybody covered Khizr Khan's, Mr. Khan's remarks live."

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stated on July 31, 2016 in a tweet:

Says Hillary Clinton wrote, "I believe the primary role of the state is to teach, train and raise children. Parents have a secondary role."

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stated on July 17, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press":

Says no one from the Bush family attended the 2012 Republican National Convention and "there was no President Bush" at the 2008 convention.

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stated on July 8, 2016 in a news conference:

In 2016, Dallas, Texas, has fewer "police officer-related shootings than any large city in America."

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stated on June 23, 2016 in an advertisement against Hillary Clinton:

Says Hillary Clinton "savaged" the dignity of people who accused Bill Clinton of sexual harassment or assault "and shamed them."

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stated on June 29, 2016 in a press conference at the North American Leaders Summit:

"During my administration, for example, we boosted U.S. exports to Canada and Mexico by about 50 percent. That supports about 2.8 million American jobs."

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stated on June 24, 2016 in a press conference for Republican tax reform:

The United States "is the only major country that taxes its own exports."

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stated on June 21, 2016 in a meeting with Christian leaders:

"We don't know anything about Hillary in terms of religion. Now, she's been in the public eye for years and years, and yet there's no — there's nothing out there."

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stated on June 14, 2016 in a tweet after the Orlando shooting:

The ammunition used in the Orlando shooting "is banned by Geneva Convention. It enters the body, spins & explodes."

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stated on June 1, 2016 in in a town hall:

"We've seen more manufacturing jobs created since I've been president than anytime since the 1990s. That's a fact."

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stated on June 13, 2016 in a speech responding to the Orlando shooting:

"According to Pew Research, 99 percent of the people in Afghanistan support oppressive Sharia law."

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