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September 22, 2009 10:58 am ET by Jamison Foser

Actual length of Fox News "America's Newsroom" segment about a model suing a plastic surgeon: 7 minutes and 20 seconds.  

Ridiculous.

Now, it's Fox News, so this is probably a net positive.  I mean, any time they spend on a frivolous non-story is time they aren't spending lying about something important.  Wasting our time is probably the best we can hope for from them.

Tags: Fox News Channel, America's Newsroom, Megyn Kelly

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    • Author by terrapin53 (September 22, 2009 11:05 am ET)
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      was a lot of the 7 minutes shwoing the model n a bikini? That seems to be Fox's niche to keep the older male vieweres glued to their tv sets. O'Reilly is a master at it.
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      • Author by DellDolly (September 22, 2009 12:08 pm ET)
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        How did you guess? Actually, in the teaser for the segment this morning, they showed 3 magazine covers with her in a bikini on each one. The camera slowly panned down the photos on the cover.
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        • Author by DellDolly (September 22, 2009 12:20 pm ET)
             
          I meant to add that in the segment itself, they only showed some risque video of the model and a "come hither" kind of over the shoulder pose of the model. The teaser segment is when they actually showed some significant skin.
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    • Author by raine315 (September 22, 2009 11:24 am ET)
         
      Ahhhhh the model must of mentioned shes against gay marriage. Fox News has a thing for models and former beauty queen wingnuts
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    • Author by NiceguyEddie (September 22, 2009 11:52 am ET)
         
      Now, it's Fox News, so this is probably a net positive. I mean, any time they spend on a frivolous non-story is time they aren't spending lying about something important. Wasting our time is probably the best we can hope for from them.

      So it's the the perfect "WITH?" ! LOL!

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      LOL
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      • Author by neon desert (September 22, 2009 12:42 pm ET)
           
        It's like Woody Allen's joke about the two old ladies who remark that the food at a certain restaurant was terrible, then add "and such small portions".
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    • Author by Midnight Kevin (September 22, 2009 12:48 pm ET)
         
      The plastic surgeon must have been "liberal"...
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    • Author by kydem09 (September 22, 2009 2:06 pm ET)
         
      Who really cares? Geesh!
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    • Author by kydem09 (September 22, 2009 2:08 pm ET)
         
      "[A]ny time they spend on a frivolous non-story is time they aren't spending lying about something important." Same could be true about wasting my time reading this "article."
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      • Author by eweston8542983 (September 22, 2009 11:07 pm ET)
           
        It was a short time lost reading your two posts, but it is gone, gone forever.
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    • Author by steeve (September 22, 2009 6:44 pm ET)
         
      Someday Media Matters will realize that this sentiment extends to the entire media.

      I demand more and more trivia from every news channel.
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