Fox News graphic that shows markets rising after black men, including George Floyd, were killed is 'disgusting' says Congressman

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• Fox News created and shared a graphic showing gains in the S&P 500 following the deaths of high-profile black men in the US.
• Democratic Rep. Bobby L. Rush said the graphic was "outrageous and disgusting" and "makes it clear that @FoxNews does not care about black lives."
• Fox News pointed to gains following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr, after the police shooting of teenager Michael Brown, when the police that beat Rodney King were acquitted, and after the recent death of George Floyd.
• Stocks often rise in times of upheaval and uncertainty, and they did so during the height of US coronavirus unemployment.
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A Congressman slammed Fox News for creating and airing a graphic highlighting how stocks have risen after the high-profile deaths of black men in the US.

Rep. Bobby L. Rush, a Democrat in Illinois, tweeted late on Friday that the graphic "makes it clear that @FoxNews does not care about black lives."

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