Fox News' Wilson, CBS affiliate misrepresented Couric's claims about Fallujah, Anbar

SUMMARY: An article posted on wcbstv.com (the online website of New York CBS affiliate WCBS-TV) claimed that, during an interview with WCBS, Katie Couric "sa[id] she has already seen dramatic improvements in the country" and that "incidents [of violence] in Iraq have gone down dramatically." Similarly, Fox News' Brian Wilson reported that Couric "says she has seen major improvements during her visit to Iraq." But Couric was talking about the city of Fallujah and Anbar province when she referred to progress, not Iraq as a whole.

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