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Fox News site: It's a government 'slimdown'

The website of Fox News has deemed the situation in Washington a "slimdown" and not a "shutdown."

Although "slimdown" hasn't been used on air yet, it's all over the Fox News homepage. An article on the site says that although the Obama administration is portraying what's happening as a "shutdown" of the federal government, "it's turning out to be more of a 'slimdown,' as all but non-essential workers reported to their jobs Tuesday."

No other major news network is using the term "slimdown" but several are calling it a "partial shutdown" since all government functions have not entirely come to a halt. Some 800,000 federal workers have been furloughed already and as the weeks go on more government services will likely be affected.

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