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Claiming “a lot of the gay activists ... were very disappointed” VandeHei ignored substance of DOMA complaint

Written by Media Matters Staff

Published 06/18/09 7:38 AM EDT

From the June 18 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe:

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Previously:

NPR's Zwerdling understated LGBT criticisms of Obama's DOMA brief

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