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Tuesday, November 29, 2005 12:00 AM

We don't report so you won't decide

How Fox News covered -- or didn't -- the downfall of a Republican member of Congress.

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  • Tuesday, November 29, 2005 01:48 PM

    Uh...wire story?

    Isn't anyone here picking up on the obvious clue that Fox and NPR probably ran the story straight from the wire? In other words, since the AP buried it, it got buried by default in the rest of the coverage.

    It isn't exactly NEWS that news organizations run wire stuff verbatim, with little or no editing. It's quite possible you're all reading into this way more than you should.

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