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freshwest

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2. I fall in the latter group.
Sat Oct 6, 2012, 10:36 PM
Oct 2012


Publication of the above resulted in Fox v. Franken

For its part, Fox News Channel was ridiculed by commentators and bloggers on both sides of the political divide, many of whom suggested that the network had filed the suit to placate Bill O'Reilly in the wake of his run-in with Franken at the BookExpo panel.

Drawing on Judge Chin's concluding remarks, Franken suggested that Fox News adopt "wholly without merit" as its new slogan to replace the possibly invalid "fair and balanced"


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_v._Franken#Judge.27s_decision



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Yes, it's true 7wo7rees Oct 2012 #1
I fall in the latter group. freshwest Oct 2012 #2
I will not watch anything that O'reilly is on..EVER! and-justice-for-all Oct 2012 #3
YUP ! russspeakeasy Oct 2012 #4
Too bad I didn't see it on regular cable TV. Jamaal510 Oct 2012 #5
wished i could have seen it. krakfiend Oct 2012 #6
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