Dick Morris makes numerous false claims in purported attempt to "correct[]" Bill Clinton's "syrupy five minute ad for Hillary"

Published: August 15, 2007, 5:51 pm

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In his August 9 FrontPageMag.com online column, Fox News contributor and nationally syndicated columnist Dick Morris purported to offer "corrections" to former President Bill Clinton's "syrupy five minute ad" for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY), a video appearing on hillaryclinton.com. However, in his 951-word column, Morris made no fewer than seven different claims about the video or about Sen. Clinton that contained outright falsehoods or are contradicted by other sources. Morris has an extensive history of making false or misleading claims in his columns and television appearances, as Media Matters for America has repeatedly documented, and has signaled his intention to try to "Swift Boat" Clinton. As syndicated columnist Robert D. Novak wrote in his January 20 column, Morris "is asking for a contribution between $25 and $100 or more to finance a critical film documentary of Sen. Hillary Clinton." Despite his repeated falsehoods and

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