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FNC= Freddie News Channel

Posted by Michael Link on November 27, 2007 at 12:20 PM

On Fox News this weekend, Fred Thompson claimed Fox News was biased -- against him. Huffington Post ran the numbers and here's what they found:

In October, the first full month after officially launching his presidential bid, Thompson had more than an hour of on-air television face time, something matched by only four other presidential candidates. Almost 95 percent of that was spent on the Fox News Channel, National Journal reported. By comparison, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney appeared on-air for 48 minutes during October, and only 43 percent on Fox News. Even former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani - who some have claimed receives, how to put this, preferential treatment by the Fox higher-ups - got less play from the network than Thompson. The former mayor was personally on Fox News for 53 minutes in October, roughly 90 percent of all his airtime.

I think Fred's still bitter from this:

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