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Obama Assault on Fox News Is 'Nixonian'

White House needs to recognize the legitimacy of opposition

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 23, 2009 7:16 AM CDT

(Newser) – The Obama administration is over the line in its war on Fox News, seeking not only to criticize it, but to delegitimize and marginalize it, writes Charles Krauthammer in the Washington Post. “There’s nothing illegal about such search-and-destroy tactics,” he argues, but... Read full story »

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