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Hannity falsely claims that “for 10 days the government did nothing” about Gulf oil spill

Written by Media Matters Staff

Published 05/03/10 10:07 PM EDT

From the May 3 edition of Fox News' Hannity:

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Previously:

Hannity falsely claims Obama administration “sat back for 9 days and they did absolutely nothing” about oil spill

Limbaugh falsely claimed Obama waited eight days to deal with Gulf oil spill

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