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Watchdog of the Week: Fixing a CNN Map
Watchdog of the Week Michael Mendelsohn alerted HonestReporting to a CNN map error resulting in a correction.
Simon Plosker
December 4, 2017
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Watchdog of the Week Michael Mendelsohn alerted HonestReporting to a CNN map error resulting in a correction.
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