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WSJ reporter Lee Hawkins falsely claims "it was the Democrats that came up with the term nuclear option"

February 25, 2010 10:20 am ET

From the February 24 edition of Fox Business Network's America's Nightly Scoreboard:

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Previously:

Media adopts false claim that "nuclear option" is a Democratic term

Fox News Uses Breitbart-Hyped Video To Falsely Accuse Dems Of "Nuclear Option" Hypocrisy

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    • Author by The_Cat (February 25, 2010 10:25 am ET)
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      In all fairness to Lee Hawkins, seeing the FOX logo is an open invitation to any lie you wish to tell to the American people.
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    • Author by dogbreath (February 25, 2010 10:28 am ET)
         
      Many Americans do have short memories, but many of us do not and we know that Republicans are the masters of reconciliation and Trent Lott devised the term "Nuclear Option." Fox relies upon their viewers to have memory loss. That is how they continue to have an audience.

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      • Author by raddave43 (February 25, 2010 10:39 am ET)
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        The nuclear option refered to the plan to change the Senate rules to remove the fillibuster. It had nothing to do with reconcilliation.
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    • Author by internet soldier (February 25, 2010 10:35 am ET)
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      Pretty soon we'll have wingnuts here repeating this, bank on it.
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      • Author by bintx (February 25, 2010 11:59 am ET)
           
        They've already been here and when facts have been presented . . . they refuse to accept it. They heard it on Fox/hate talk radio, by golly! It's GOT TO BE TRUE!
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    • Author by dolfan (February 25, 2010 11:19 am ET)
         
      Fox banks on nobody checking the facts out for themselves. Can't believe they can sit there with a straight face and claim the Dems started the nuclear option.
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    • Author by clearstate (February 25, 2010 12:56 pm ET)
         
      Its good to see that whatever not-so-brightbart pushes is being taken as actual fact.
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    • Author by Sharpe (February 25, 2010 1:56 pm ET)
         
      Just one problem - the nuclear option is NOT the same thing as reconciliation. Yea, if the media lies, of course, the american people will have no clue what is going on.
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