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Watch CNN trash Fox News over its Libya coverage

Wow. CNN’s Nic Robertson is not happy with Fox’s reporting on Libya—and he let viewers know it last night.

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CNN’s Nic Robertson replied to that report, and he’s angry—at Fox.

“This is outrageous and absolutely hypocritical,” he said. “When you come to somewhere like Libya, you expect lies and deceit from a dictator, you don’t expect it from another journalist.”

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