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Fox's Smith suggests viewers better off Googling “reconciliation” than following his network's coverage of it

Written by Media Matters Staff

Published 08/25/09 4:14 PM EDT

From the August 25 edition of Fox News' Studio B with Shepard Smith:

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Previously:

Fox News' Colby still spinning potential Democrats-only health reform bill as “nuclear option”

Fox's Van Susteren claims Dems might use “nuclear option, which is slang for ... reconciliation”

Fox adds to its “nuclear option” rhetoric about health care reform with mushroom cloud image on Fox Nation

Okay, we'll bite: Who is the “they” Cavuto says is “calling” reconciliation “the nuclear option”?

Fox News continues to falsely claim Dems considering “changing the rules” to pass health care reform

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

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

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