CBS and Fox uncritically reported FBI's claims that CREW failed to provide enough info for Foley investigation

SUMMARY: An article on CBS News' website and a segment on Fox News' Special Report reported the FBI's claim that it did not launch an investigation of former Rep. Mark Foley after the nonprofit group CREW provided the FBI copies of sexually suggestive emails Foley allegedly sent to an underage former congressional page, because CREW refused to provide further information about the emails. Neither CBS nor Fox News, however, gave any indication that they asked CREW to respond to the FBI's allegation. Nor did they note that CREW executive director Melanie Sloan has stated that the FBI never contacted her after she sent the emails and never asked for further information.

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