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• Hill falsely described GOP's previous legislative priority as "passing" FISA -- but it passed 30 years ago
  Thursday, April 10, 2008
• Fox News' Camerota falsely asserted Dem bill "would strip telecommunications companies of their immunity"
  Friday, March 14, 2008
• CNN's Foreman let Cliff May falsely accuse Dems of trying to prevent government from "bug[ging] terrorists and terrorist suspects abroad"
  Monday, March 10, 2008
• Baier falsely described Senate-passed FISA amendments bill as "surveillance reauthorization"
  Friday, March 7, 2008
• On Fox, "confused" Hill falsely claimed "the law that lets" U.S. officials "listen in to phone calls from overseas by known terrorists expired two weeks ago"
  Friday, February 29, 2008
• Fox's Emanuel conflated PAA with FISA to suggest Dem leaders "playing a high-stakes game" with Americans' safety
  Friday, February 29, 2008
• AP gets FISA, wiretapping authority wrong again
  Wednesday, February 27, 2008
• Post article contradicts claim in its subhead -- attributed to U.S. government -- that telecoms are "not cooperating" with surveillance program
  Monday, February 25, 2008
• O'Reilly falsely claimed ACLU lawsuit against warrantless wiretapping tried "to overcome" congressional statute
  Wednesday, February 20, 2008
• CNN's Glenn Beck: "[C]ongressional game-playing by Nancy Pelosi will end up killing Americans"
  Tuesday, February 19, 2008
• Novak falsely suggested House Dems allowed FISA to lapse
  Tuesday, February 19, 2008
• Wallace again falsely suggested PAA gave government authority to "monitor communications among terrorism suspects"
  Sunday, February 17, 2008
• NPR's Simon, Coleman falsely claimed FISA "expires tonight"
  Saturday, February 16, 2008
• Fox's Chris Wallace suggested false assertion for McCain: Dem Congress went home, denying government tools to fight terrorists
  Friday, February 15, 2008
• NBC falsely suggested House Democrats refused to extend expiring FISA amendments
  Friday, February 15, 2008
• MSNBC, Fox News repeated false assertion that without congressional action, FISA will expire
  Thursday, February 14, 2008
• Fox's Goler falsely claimed FISA will expire February 15
  Thursday, February 14, 2008
• According to Fox News' Cameron, the Senate "tweaked" FISA "a little bit"
  Wednesday, February 13, 2008
• Fox's Kelly falsely asserted that bill "allow[ing] the president to ... surveil" will expire on Feb. 15
  Wednesday, February 13, 2008
• AP reported administration claim that telecom companies acted "in good faith," but not contrary views
  Thursday, February 7, 2008

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