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minnesotaindependent.com — “The recount has not even started in Minnesota and somehow Al Franken has already shaved nearly 500 votes off the incumbent lead.” So said Sean Hannity on Fox’s Hannity & Holmes yesterday, in a segment featuring Gov. Tim Pawlenty. While Pawlenty pointed out concerns about “statistical ...
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Hannity, Kelly, FOX News Help Propagate Phony "Found Votes" Story In Minnesota Election
News Hounds — ... a source and did not return two MinnPost calls for comment. However, he was already backing off his story at the same press event. As that day’s Pioneer Press noted, “Knaak said he feels assured that what was going on with the 32 ballots was neither wrong nor unfair.” Hannity also falsely reported that all of the 32 votes "conveniently" went to Al Franken. But Brauer reports that 18 went to Franken, 7 went to Coleman and the remainder went to others. H/T The Minnesota Independent Can we expect a retraction? Ask Hannity at ...

Why I Call Them “The GOP/Media Complex”
Firedoglake — ... eagerly regurged as fact a bogus story about allegedly-unsecured ballots magically appearing in the trunk of a car -- one that got its start from the Coleman camp's own lawyer ...

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