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Eagles' Zach Ertz slams Fox News over misleading anthem images Jay Busbee Yahoo SportsJun 5, 2018, 8:46 AM Eagles TE Zach Ertz fires back at Fox News over misleading anthem video In the latest episode of President Trump vs. The NFL, the president disinvited the Philadelphia Eagles from a White House visit because of what the president claimed was the Eagles’ history of “disrespectful” protests. Fox News chimed in with a report on the story, supplemented with images of Eagles players. There was just one problem: the Fox News report painted a highly inaccurate picture of the Eagles, presenting prayer as protest. (UPDATE: Fox News has apologized, see below.) Fox News began its report by showing several images of several Eagles players kneeling; the images of players kneeling during the anthem helped stoke anti-protest rage last season: President @realDonaldTrump says Philadelphia @Eagles won't attend @WhiteHouseceremony amid national anthem dispute t.co pic.twitter.com/CRHsoE6ArX — Fox News (@FoxNews) June 5, 2018 But *Fox News’s report had a major problem: the players it depicted were kneeling in prayer, not protest. Tight end Zach Ertz, one of the players depicted, took to Twitter to blast Fox News for its inaccuracy: Zach Ertz ?@ZERTZ_86 This can’t be serious.... Praying before games with my teammates, well before the anthem, is being used for your propaganda?! Just sad, I feel like you guys should have to be better than this... t.co 7:04 AM - Jun 5, 2018 “This can’t be serious,” Ertz wrote. “Praying before games with my teammates, well before the anthem, is being used for your propaganda?! Just sad, I feel like you guys should have to be better than this…” No players on the Eagles knelt or remained in the locker room during the 2017 season or the playoffs, despite what the president implied in his tweet rescinding the Eagles’ invitation:* Donald J. Trump ?@realDonaldTrump The Philadelphia Eagles Football Team was invited to the White House. Unfortunately, only a small number of players decided to come, and we canceled the event. Staying in the Locker Room for the playing of our National Anthem is as disrespectful to our country as kneeling. Sorry! 9:55 PM - Jun 4, 2018 The term “fake news” gets thrown around an awful lot, often by people who use it to discredit factual news reports that paint them in an unflattering light. But when Fox News shows images of players kneeling in prayer, and tries to pass off prayer as “protest,” that’s the very definition of fake news. [ No accident either. Fake News deliberately sought to fool their gullible audience. The problem is their Cult Leader didn't like that so many players chose not to come to the WH. So he LIED about them. And Fake News manufactured their own lie to promote their sleazy Master. ] UPDATE: Fox News has apologized. “During our report about President Trump canceling the Philadelphia Eagles’ trip to the White House to celebrate their Super Bowl win, we showed unrelated footage of players kneeling in prayer,” said Christopher Wallace, Executive Producer of Fox News @ Night with Shannon Bream in a statement. “To clarify, no members of the team knelt in protest during the national anthem throughout regular or post-season last year. We apologize for the error.” sports.yahoo.com