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Krauthammer Hails Fox News as 'Alternate Reality'

Krauthammer calls network an American treasure

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 10, 2009 9:41 AM CDT

(Newser) – The New York Post awarded Charles Krauthammer a prize yesterday, and the veteran neocon columnist used his acceptance speech to praise "the genius of Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes" for the miracle of Fox News. The network "created an alternate reality," he... Read full story »

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