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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBlog ››› Fox Ignores Marine Corps To Claim Government Will Force Marines To Dress "Girly"
http://mediamatters.org/mobile/blog/2013/10/25/fox-ignores-marine-corps-to-claim-government-wi/196595Fox & Friends pushed the false claim that the government is attempting to create a unisex look that will "feminize" male Marines, ignoring a Marine Corps spokesperson who said that the planned uniform change will affect only female Marines and comes because a previous uniform manufacturer went out of business.
On October 23, the New York Post claimed that the Marine Corps is planning to change the covers for both male and female Marines to conform to a unisex look:
Thanks to a plan by President Obama to create a "unisex" look for the Corps, officials are on the verge of swapping out the Marines' iconic caps - known as "covers" -- with a new version that some have derided as so "girly" that they would make the French blush.
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The thin new covers have a feminine line that some officials think would make them look just as good on female marines as on males -- in keeping with the Obama directive.
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The thin new covers have a feminine line that some officials think would make them look just as good on female marines as on males -- in keeping with the Obama directive.
By October 24, a spokesperson for the Marines had debunked several claims hyped by the New York Post. Marine Captain Maureen Krebs told Business Insider that "The President in no way, shape, or form directed the Marine Corps to change our uniform cover." Captain Krebs explained that the Marines were searching for a new female cover because the company that manufactured the current covers no longer existed:
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Blog ››› Fox Ignores Marine Corps To Claim Government Will Force Marines To Dress "Girly" (Original Post)
G_j
Oct 2013
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PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)1. Some more background on the issue...
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)2. Fux Noise - "Fanning the flames of false
outrage is our Daily Bread".
Initech
(100,139 posts)3. Fox & Friends is bar none the single stupidest show on television.