The clip of Hecker blasting the network was also released on the Project Veritas YouTube channel. Hecker, 32, added that she was going to the far-right group Project Veritas with these secret recordings. I am going to be releasing some recordings about what goes on behind the scenes at Fox, because it applies to you, the viewers," she said. "From what I am gathering, I am not the only reporter being subjected to this. has been muzzling me to keep certain information from you," said Ivory Hecker, who is a general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor with Fox affiliate Fox 26 Houston. "I want to let you the viewers know that Fox Corp. She announced that she'd be going to the far-right group Project Veritas with behind-the-scenes recordings. Visit Insider's homepage for more stories.Ī reporter with Houston's Fox News affiliate said during a live broadcast on Monday that Fox Corp. The group is known for its early attempts to discredit Planned Parenthood in a sting operation. Project Veritas is a far-right organization with a mission to "investigate and expose corruption." Screenshot/Fox Newsįox reporter Ivory Hecker said she's going to Project Veritas with behind-the-scenes recordings.
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"True journalism needs an environment of free speech.Ivory Hecker said during a live broadcast that she would send recordings about what goes on behind the scenes at Fox News to Project Veritas, a far-right group. "True journalism can't exist in an environment of censorship," she added. In it, she said Fox "decided they didn't like what the interview subject had said, and they went on to internally harass and defame me." Hecker provided a statement to Newsweek for a previous story about her comments during the Monday broadcast. The contents and nature of Hecker's purported recordings are not clear. Project Veritas, a group that's been criticized in the past for secretly recording subjects, confirmed to Newsweek it would be releasing recordings from Hecker on Tuesday night, along with a one-on-one interview with founder James O'Keefe. I'll post my report when it's available."Īt the end of the message, Hecker complained about social media platforms that restrict speech, saying, "We are free to choose one that allows us to communicate freely if we don't like what Facebook and Twitter are doing."Īs for the scoop she alluded to on Monday's KRIV broadcast, she said during the show that she "found a nonprofit journalism group called Project Veritas who's going to help put that out tomorrow." I did some digging today and went to this doctor's medical center. She continued, "Is this woman making false or harmful claims? Then leave the video up and allow us to expose those things. Let's shed light on all information and let the public decide rather than hiding information from the public." As a journalist I take a proud stand against censorship. Freedom of information is critical to the freedom of the people, as history has told time and time again. It's important to take a stand against censorship. She said, "Facebook and Twitter went on a censoring rampage in the last day. Hecker wrote a lengthy post about that incident, which she posted on Instagram. Stella Immanuel, who controversially said hydroxychloroquine can cure COVID-19. In July 2020, she complained about the two social media platforms pulling down videos of Dr. She has also accused Twitter and Facebook of censorship in the past. In a video from August 2020, she discussed the relevance of remarks made by Frederick Douglass-about free speech being "the dread of tyrants"-to current speech restrictions. Hecker has spoken out before about free speech, using Instagram. I am going to be releasing some recordings about what goes on behind the scenes at Fox because it applies to you, the viewers." "And from what I'm gathering, I am not the only reporter being subjected to this. has been muzzling me to keep certain information from you, the viewers," Hecker said during the live broadcast. "I want to let you, the viewers, know that Fox Corp. Instead, she said the network had been "muzzling" her and other reporters so they would keep quiet about unspecified "information." She then announced that a "behind the scenes" recording would be shared on Tuesday. On Monday, Hecker was supposed to be reporting on a local heat wave for local Fox station KRIV in Houston. In 2020, she wrote on her Instagram account about material she says was unjustly removed from social media platforms.
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Ivory Hecker, a local news TV reporter who went off-script during a Monday broadcast and claimed her channel's parent company, Fox, was "muzzling" her, has a history of pointing out what she feels is censorship. Hecker is pictured during the live broadcast on June 14, 2021. KVIR reporter Ivory Hecker said Monday that Project Veritas would be releasing "behind the scenes" recordings related to her claim of being "muzzled" by Fox Corp.
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