# Did a Fox News reporter really do this in Iraq?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 26, 2003, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-fox-news-reporter-really-do-this-in-iraq/177587 "2003-05-26T16:03:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-fox-news-reporter-really-do-this-in-iraq/177587/1 "2003-05-26T16:03:59Z")

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Draw a diagram in the sand showing the movements of the troops he was embedded with? I saw a clip on the Jon Stewart show (?) I think it was called lampooning it. Did it really happen?

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2003, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-a-fox-news-reporter-really-do-this-in-iraq/177587/2 "2003-05-26T16:11:53Z")

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I’m still amazed the reporter concerned with this was [Geraldo Rivera.](http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/showcase/la-war-arnett1apr01.story) Yes, apparently it _did_ happen, and Geraldo did it.