Hypocrisy Alert: Fox's Gallagher Slams Left-Wing Spin While Dodging the Real Video Evidence
On January 7, 2026, in Minneapolis, 37-year-old U.S. citizen Renee Nicole Good was fatally shot by an ICE agent during an immigration enforcement operation. Good was in her vehicle when agents approached; she ignored orders to exit, accelerated away amid confusion over whether she was trying to flee or strike an officer, and the agent fired, killing her. Federal officials claim she used her car as a weapon against them; critics point to bystander videos showing she turned away, with no clear ramming. There are two sides to this messy story—both involving real wrongdoing, but neither side clearly criminal.
What really bothered me about Trace Gallagher's Fox News @ Night segment on January 12 was how he spent the time hammering left-wing outlets like AP, Axios, MSNBC's Joe and Mika, and even Doc Rivers for calling Good an innocent victim "murdered" by ICE. He replayed clip after clip of their takes, labeling them clueless or biased. But he offered zero evidence to back his own narrative that she used the car as a weapon—no agent bodycam, no cellphone syncs, no bystander footage shown to explain why the feds might be right. Instead of steel-manning the opposing view and dismantling it with facts, Gallagher just assumed viewers would nod along because it's Fox and the administration's line. He ridiculed the other side without justifying his own. That's not journalism; it's treating the audience like they're too partisan to need actual proof.
This kind of coverage insults smart viewers who tune in for facts, not just red-meat laughs at the left. Gallagher could have pushed his point harder by fairly presenting both narratives and showing why one holds up—yet he skipped the hard part, acting as if Trump-aligned claims need no backup. As libertarians, we value truth over tribalism; when even "fair and balanced" outlets phone it in like this, it erodes trust and turns news into echo-chamber entertainment. Viewers deserve better—show the evidence, explain the nuances, or admit it's complicated. Anything less is just pandering.