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Ed Henry: Some Fox News commentators overdid it on Benghazi

Fox News White House correspondent Ed Henry says that some Fox News shows over-covered the fallout from the Sept. 11 attack in Benghazi, a candid assessment from one of the network's own.

"I wouldn't lie to you. I see that we're covering Benghazi a lot, and I think that should be something that we're asking about," Henry tells the AP's David Bauder.

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But Henry adds that while the network had the "proper emphasis," and while other networks under-covered the story, "some of our shows, some of our commentators, have covered it more than it needed to be covered."

In the days leading up the 2012 election and even after, Fox News provided round-the-clock coverage of the administration's response to the Benghazi attack, even as other networks returned to other issues, especially the economy.

Read Bauder's full piece here.