Obama's Adress to Congress...Fox not interested


	Obama's Adress to Congress...Fox not interested

leevardi

9-4-2009 10:58 AM

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...a sad indictment on this flailing network.

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		Question for the historians: Has a U.S. television network ever refused to carry a presidential address to Congress?
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