Fox News admitted a major blunder Saturday after it reported on videos of Americans “complaining” about federal food assistance being disrupted amid the government shutdown, videos it originally failed to identify as being generated with artificial intelligence.
“Wow – Fox News fell for a racist AI video about [Supplemental Nutrition Food Assistance Program] recipients with ‘7 baby daddies’… then when called out changed the story to be about AI videos going viral,” wrote The Tennessee Holler, a progressive news outlet, in a social media post on X Saturday.
Fox News published its original report on Friday, titled “SNAP beneficiaries threaten to ransack stores over government shutdown,” which included several videos of supposed SNAP recipients voicing outrage at the program’s disruption. After some of the included videos were flagged as being AI-generated, however, the article’s headline was changed to “AI videos of SNAP beneficiaries complaining about cuts go viral.”
Additionally, an editor’s note appeared at the bottom of the revised story to note the following: “This article previously reported on some videos that appear to have been generated by AI without noting that.”
Unsurprisingly, Fox News was swiftly pounced on by critics for its error.
“Not sure if I’ve seen anything like this before – Fox [fell] for an AI video and basically rewrote their whole story when called out,” wrote CNN senior politics reporter Andrew Kaczynski in a social media post on X Saturday.
Tim Miller, an MSNBC analyst and host of The Bulwark Podcast, sarcastically quipped at Fox News’ “interesting news judgement,” particularly in quoting a SNAP recipient who said that “it is the taxpayer’s responsibility to take care of my kids,” which the updated Fox News article now notes “appears to be generated by AI.
“Fox News ran an article about a woman who posted on TikTok about how she has 7 baby daddies and needs her SNAPs,” Miller wrote in a social media post on X. “Interesting news judgment.”
Wow — @FoxNews fell for a racist AI video about SNAP recipients with “7 baby daddies”… then when called out changed the story to be about AI videos going viral 🤔 pic.twitter.com/vnCrtoUjNa
— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) November 1, 2025