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From: The Washington Times | October 7, 2009
FUN FACTS, PART 2 News + comedy + bias = comedy. The conservative blogosphere rattled with revelations that CNN went to great lengths to “fact check” a parody of President Obama on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.” The serious news segment featured anchor Wolf Blitzer, correspondent Kareen Wynter and Bill Adair, an analyst at PolitiFact.com. Wait. It’s a comedy show, not, say PBS’ “Frontline.” But the analysis machine was in motion, and the segment was rife with solemn pronouncements, graphics, cut-aways; Mr. Adair intoned that “SNL” “missed the mark” and “glossed over progress” of the Obama administration. Greg Hensley of Townhall.com …
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