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SNL and Fey were of course spoofing the real Palin, who has made many such accusations of media foul-play, including over her most embarrassing encounter when famously asked by Katie Couric what books and magazines she reads.
Andy Ostroy: When Did the Truth Become "Gotcha" Journalism? Andy Ostroy 2011
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That statement sharply conflicts with Joe Jackson ` s foul-play theory.
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A foul-up, not foul-play apparently to blame for the deaths of 21 polo horses mourned today in Florida at a memorial ceremony.
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It's been a thrilling tournament so far - high scoring, end-to-end drama without the controversies or foul-play we've seen in high-level football competitions in the past.
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Again, this suggests that there is no proof of foul-play.
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A blast from the past: Sportscaster Jim Lampley, 5.10.05, in the Huffington Post, w/a little anecdotal evidence of foul-play
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On the other hand, I have not watched any of the conspiracy-theory films e.g., Loose Change alluded to in this blog; I would tend to agree with #54 regarding the promulgation of disinformation — now ever so more easily thanks to the Internet — as a strategy for deflecting any suspicions of inside foul-play.
Think Progress » 9/11 Commissioners Criticize ‘The Path to 9/11′ 2006
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Your English watchword is fair-play, your English hatred, foul-play.
The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing John Ruskin 1859
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Brian O'Reily's the boy that wouldn't see foul-play to man nor baste.
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China's state-run television news recently denounced the spread of unfounded rumors on microblogs, called "Weibo" in Chinese, and demanded more be done to staunch accusations of official foul-play, corruption and misdeeds that officials have said can spread in spite of no supporting evidence.
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