Fox News completely upended statistics it claimed proved that Democrats run the unhealthiest cities in the nation.The Fox face-plant Saturday evening was spotted by Twitter sleuth @Acyn, and got a shout-out from CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale.Dan Bongino, host of “Unfiltered” — who has been permanently banned by Youtube.com for spinning COVID lies — savaged Democrats in the “Tale of Two Cities” episode for running what a dramatic map behind him targeted as the “Top Ten” unhealthiest cities in America.But, oops — all the cities clearly labeled in the map Bongino displayed — including San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Honolulu, D.C., Austin and Denver — are the healthiest in the country, according to a WalletHub analysis, the very source cited by the program.Bongino’s map also mistakenly names “Irving” in Texas in the top ten list. The WalletHub analysis actually refers to “Irvine,” a city in California, as among the healthiest.Dan Bongino’s Fox show took a website’s list of the most healthy US cities and turned it into a graphic titled “TOP TEN MOST UNHEALTHY U.S. CITIES,” which it used to back Bongino’s claim that Democrats don’t care about urban deaths. Nice catch by @Acyn. https://t.co/E7fVhkbOYf— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 6, 2022
The actual unhealthiest cities named in the WalletHub analysis cited in Bongino’s program include cities in Louisiana, Alabama, Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas, West Virginia and Tennessee — all red states.Viewers on Twitter reported that Bongino’s program was modified when it was repeated later Saturday night — without the blatantly inaccurate map listing the “most unhealthy” cities.Still, he nevertheless scapegoated Democrats for running unhealthy cities— even in the face of the eliminated, starkly contradictory, analysis.The second time around, Bongino’s Dem-attack narrative was presented over videos of apparently homeless people in unidentified locations. Fox News critics on Twitter loved the goof-up, even though many thought it was a new low for the network.Lol…Irving…This list is ridiculous.— Jay 🇺🇸⚓️🇨🇦 (@jgmiddlet) February 6, 2022
This is why we should always click on sources. They think were too lazy to do it but, often the source does not confirm the original information. In this case it’s the LITERAL opposite.— PoliticsGirl (@IAmPoliticsGirl) February 6, 2022
So they blatantly took the top 10 healthiest and said they were the top 10 UNhealthiest? Even for Fox News this seems ridiculous.— Abraham Dylan (@abrahamdylan4) February 6, 2022
I thought you were kidding until I had to look it up myself. Why does Fox keep deceiving its viewers? Don’t they know that this information is easily available on the net? pic.twitter.com/4G0CNcdJdQ— Will Sr- Democracy Won 💙❤ (@freshprince84) February 6, 2022
Fox News told The Daily Beast that it “regrets the error” and a correction will be issued — next week on Bongino’s program.