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Blank Screens, Blank Minds: TV News in America

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Jul 16, 2013
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One of the worst blunders in American recent journalistic history took place last week at the San Francisco Fox News television affiliate station KTVU, a blunder so wonderful it leaves you breathless.

For those few who haven't seen it after it went viral on Youtube, some blow-dried bimbo gravely but excitedly announced the station had learned the names…

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