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FOX HAS A FLEDGLING SUNDAY SHOW AND BIG PLANS. BUT IN TV NEWS, RUPERT MURDOCH STILL HAS LOTS TO PROVE

Fox News Sunday, the Washington-based interview show that debuted two weeks ago on the fourth network, has proved at least one thing so far: competing with the likes of Meet the Press and This Week with David Brinkley is harder than it looks. On the first show, Republican Congressman John Kasich was so bothered by feedback in his earpiece that he had to keep removing it to answer the questions. A week later, host Tony Snow kept referring to Labor Secretary Robert Reich as "Senator." Snow, a conservative newspaper columnist, is a competent but colorless interviewer, and the show is loaded...

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