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Osama Likes Obama – According to Fox News

Frontline article by Patrick Ward, March 2008

Back in 2000 Fox News announced George W Bush's "victory" before the results had even finished being counted, leading to the widespread media acceptance that Democratic candidate Al Gore had lost, a result eventually accepted by Gore himself.

As the election heats up this time, over once more to Rupert Murdoch's beacon of trustworthy news, which is answering the question on everyone's minds: "Who does Osama Bin Laden want to be the next president?"

According to a survey on its website: "More people think the terrorist leader wants Obama to win (30 percent) than think he wants Clinton (22 percent) or McCain (10 percent). Another 18 percent says it doesn't matter to Bin Laden and 20 percent are unsure."

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