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Nets Devote More Coverage to Wilson’s Outburst than to Obama’s Speech

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Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– During their September 10 editions, the three evening network news programs cumulatively devoted more coverage to Rep. Joe Wilson’s outburst during President Obama’s September 9 joint address to Congress on health reform — in which Wilson claimed President Obama lied when he said "our reform efforts" would not "insure illegal immigrants" — than they allotted to the speech itself. Moreover, while ABC’s Jake Tapper explicitly stated that "the president’s reforms" would not…

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