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Article: Fox news gets last laugh with critics.(Fox News Network L.L.C.)(Brief Article)
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- July 26, 2004
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Controversy's been good for Fox News Channel. On July 8, media group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting claimed that in the last six months of 2003, 57% of the guests on Special Report With Brit Hume were conservatives.
Then, liberal-leaning advocacy groups MoveOn.Org and the Center for American Progress backed the documentary Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism. And last Monday, MoveOn.Org and Common Cause complained to the Federal Trade Commission that Fox News's tagline, "fair and balanced," violates the Federal Trade Commission's deceptivead guidelines, a claim FTC commissioner Timothy Muris dismissed July 20.
The impact? From July 8 ...