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Fox defines “nuclear option”: “Forcing government-run insurance through the Senate with just 51 votes”

Written by Media Matters Staff

Published 08/20/09 11:15 AM EDT

From the August 20 edition of Fox News' America's Newsroom:

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Fox: Nuclear Option

Previously:

CNN joins Fox News in falsely comparing reconciliation process to “nuclear option”

Sammon falsely compares budget reconciliation process to threat of “nuclear option”

Morris redefines use of budget reconciliation process as “the so-called nuclear option”

Second night in a row: Hannity adopts Morris' redefinition of “nuclear option”

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