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Post national political reporter
Tom Edsall says of Thursday's Fox-on-government-TVs
flap: "There was no request for CNN by the press. The question was whether the White House had a policy requiring TV's to be tuned to FOX. Maybe some reporters wanted to watch 'Desperate Housewives' or the Playboy channel. The CNN angle is a
canard [end of transcript] injected by
Scott McClellan to put down the press."
> Post reporter
Jim VandeHei's statement: "My issue, again, was with being forced to watch one network especially one most White House aides I talk to consider the most favorable in terms of its coverage of Bush. I would raise the same issue if it appeared there was policy mandating CNN viewing."
