“Soviet and Chinese communists have “grabbed control” of U.S. entertainment, movies, television, music, academia, K-12 education and the news media.”
Monica Crowley
conservative commentator. an interview on Fox News. Claim dated 12 Jun 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
What PolitiFact found
None of these pillars of U.S. society were ever directly controlled by overseas communists, much less all of them, more than a dozen historians say.
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In short
Monica Crowley (conservative commentator) made this claim around 12 June 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 17 June 2022, 5 days later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
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