Details, Details: Fox Sports Declares Baghdad In Iran

We should all go on believing everything Fox tells us because they obviously know a lot of stuff about the world which you can tell because when Iranian wrestler Hamid Soryan won his gold medal in wrestling they put up this very punny headline which was almost right except they got the wrong country but only by one itty bitty letter so hey. Evidence from past coverage suggests geography may not be Fox' strong suit. Wait. What is their strong suit again?

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NYPD's FINEST Message: What Freedom of the Press?

The press is pushing back against a still-thuggish NYPD after New York Times freelancer Robert Stolarik was roughed up, kicked and arrested for photographing the arrest of a teenage girl for a story about stop-and-frisk abuses - ie: for doing his constitutionally protected job. Stolarik had an earlier run-in with cops when he was photographing Occupy arrests; see what those clowns pulled. "It is clear... that proper training and supervision of NYPD officers regarding the rights of the press and public (is) sorely inadequate and that the directives and spirit of the FINEST message are being disregarded."

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