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O'Reilly uses old jail-time falsehood to defend his comments to Coburn

Written by Media Matters Staff

Published 04/15/10 8:15 PM EDT

From the April 15 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor:

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Previously:

O'Reilly's whopper: “Nobody” on Fox said failing to buy health insurance could result in jail time

Contradicting O'Reilly, Cavuto acknowledges Fox pushed health care jail-time falsehood

O'Reilly digs in, falsely claims Coburn didn't have his facts in line

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