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Paul D. Thacker says FoxNews.com science columnist Steven Milloy has a long history of taking money from industries that have a stake in the science stories he writes. Why does Fox keep him on? “Perhaps the real reason the news organization tolerates Milloy is that his pro-industry, anti-environmentalist views dovetail nicely with those of its political commentators,” writes Thacker.
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Claim: Fox News looks the other way as Milloy takes handouts
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