Right-wing Twitter erupts after Fox reporter says on-air that she's handing over recordings to Project Veritas
This Monday, Fox26Houston reporter Ivory Hecker went off script during a live report and informed her bosses that she had been secretly recording them and plans to hand over the recordings to the right-wing media watchdog group Project Veritas.
Hecker was about to start her report on power outages throughout the region, but interrupted her report to say she had an announcement.
"Before we get to that story, I want to let you the viewers know that [Fox Corporation] has been muzzling me to keep certain information from you, the viewers — and from that I'm gathering, I'm not the only reporter being subjected to this — I'm going to be releasing some recordings about what goes on behind the scenes at Fox, because it applies to you, the viewers," she said.
"I found a non-profit journalism group called Project Veritas who's gonna help put that out tomorrow, so tune into them ," she added before going on to report on the heat wave story.
BREAKING: Fox 26 Houston TV Reporter @IvoryHecker Informs Network LIVE ON AIR That She Has Been Secretly Recording Them and Intends on Telling Her Story to Project Veritas \n\n#Fox26Whistleblowerpic.twitter.com/wKbb1SaDGN— Matthew Tyrmand (@Matthew Tyrmand) 1623713488
The fact that Hecker was planning on handing over her recordings to Project Veritas -- a group that has been accused of deceptive editing --- had conservatives on Twitter excited, giving them hope that some kind of reckoning is in store for the Fox News Corporation. Without even knowing that information Hecker has, some are already praising her as a "whistleblower."
Project Veritas is about to crush the Murdochs and Fox/Newscorp Corporate. \n\nAnd it's because of their track record and one courageous local reporter.\n\nShe's the definition of patriot.\n\ncc: @EricSpracklen— John Cardillo (@John Cardillo) 1623718703
We need more whistleblowers in media like @IvoryHecker to #BeBrave and #DoSomething about the corruption going on.\n\nContact us right now VeritasTips@protonmail.compic.twitter.com/ZLNRSrhAgy— veritastips@protonmail.com\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@veritastips@protonmail.com\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8) 1623717159
Stay safe @IvoryHecker. You are courageous \n\n#Fox26Whistleblowerpic.twitter.com/6TZE4C3t9Q— Jack Steyr (@Jack Steyr) 1623713951
Here in Houston a local Fox 26 reporter named @IvoryHecker is going to out her employers to Project Veritas. Ivory deserves our full support. What she\u2019s doing takes guts.pic.twitter.com/GIX3MNKVOQ— Kenny Webster \ud83c\udf99 (@Kenny Webster \ud83c\udf99) 1623716819
Ivory Hecker accuses Fox of muzzling her, and says that Project Veritas will tell her story tomorrow.\n\nIs anyone surprised that Fox News has been silencing their own reporters? The station that turned its back on its viewers when it mattered most, when the election was fixed?— First Words (@First Words) 1623725280
Wow how cool is this! \nJournalism is back!\n\n #ProjectVeritas #IvoryHeckerhttps://twitter.com/MatthewTyrmand/status/1404582290211147777\u00a0\u2026— Lonneke (@Lonneke) 1623717496
