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	<title><![CDATA[Fox Host John Gibson Mocks Heath Ledger's Death]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/25/fox-host-john-gibson-mock_n_82962.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p><strong>UPDATE</strong>: John Gibson <a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200801240010?f=h_top%3C/a">has "apologized"</a> for his distasteful comments on Heath Ledger's death. Though he first <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/24/gibson-defends-brokeback/">defended his statements</a> on his radio show yesterday &amp;mdash; there is "no point in passing up a good joke," he said, and repeated his "Brokeback Mountain" joke saying, "I'm not giving that up" &amp;mdash; he eventually caved to pressure to apologize and did so on his television show.</p>

<p>Still, his apology seemed forced, and relatively half-hearted:</p>

<blockquote>Those who knew him say he was a...</blockquote>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:45:00-04:00</date_published>
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