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Scarborough repeats McCain's falsehood that he called for Rumsfeld's resignation, despite MSNBC's previous correction

July 17, 2008 6:02 pm ET

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SUMMARY: On MSNBC's Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough repeated the falsehood that Sen. John McCain called for Donald Rumsfeld's resignation, saying, "I think he [McCain] was saying that Rumsfeld should be fired." Although MSNBC previously corrected this falsehood, and a McCain spokesman reportedly acknowledged that McCain "did not call for his resignation," MSNBC hosts have repeatedly failed to correct guests' assertions that he did so.

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