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Wednesday, March 19, 2008 12:00 AM

How local TV embraced fake news

Americans' first source in news is overrun by marketing videos.
By Farhad Manjoo

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  • Tuesday, March 18, 2008 09:59 PM

    I don't know what channel you watch, I guess it's in the bay area

    Here the news is a preview to the weather, the weather, more weather, the drought, a weather recap, some local crime news, the weather, local government news and the weather.

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