Fox passes off GOP press release as its own reporting--typo and all

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Oopsie! "Fair and Balanced" indeed! One of the onscreen graphics cited a WSJ article from 12/19/09--same as the press release from the Senate Republican Communications Center.

From Media Matters:

"Summary: In purporting to "take a look back" at how the economic recovery plan "grew, and grew, and grew," Fox News' Jon Scott referenced seven dates, as on-screen graphics cited various news sources from those time periods -- all of which came directly from a Senate Republican Communications Center press release. A Fox News on-screen graphic even reproduced a typo contained in the Republican press release."

http://mediamatters.org/items/200902100019?f=h_top