Overview

• A Fox News spokesperson told The Independent the two masked guests were different individuals and said the Antifa interviewee was not former Navy SEAL Robert J. O’Neill.
• Watters’ latest segment featured a masked guest introduced as “Eric” last week, following a December 2023 interview with Ramon “Mundo” Mendoza.
• Decoding Fox News posted side-by-side clips on X that drew widespread claims from viewers and some journalists that the guests looked and sounded alike.
• Unverified theories online also named public figures such as Michael Rapaport and wrestler Jon Moxley without evidence.
• The Independent highlighted Mendoza’s decades-long public profile and much older age than “Eric,” and Mediaite reported Fox initially did not respond to its inquiry as the whistleblower’s identity remains unconfirmed.