CNN and Fox News reporters get into pissing match in Libya.

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CNN reporter Nic Robertson didn’t take very kindly to Fox’s allegations that he and other journalists were letting themselves be used as human shields and propaganda tools, and unloaded on Fox correspondent Steve Harrigan.
Here’s the story:

Gawker

Fox claims their own correspondent, Steve Harrigan, declined to accept the invitation from the Libyans for fear of being used as a propaganda tool, and perhaps a human shield. But Robertson claims Fox did indeed send an employee on the trip — not a regular news guy — and that Harrigan has been asleep on the job since hostilities began.

“I see him more times at breakfast than out on trips with government officials here,” Robertson said. “So for them to say and call this — to say they didn’t go and for them to call this and say this was government propaganda to hold us there as human shields when they didn’t even leave the hotel … is ridiculous.”

A follow-up story:

Gawker

But the story sort of backfired when Robertson let loose that a Fox News security guard—carrying a camera—went along on the trip even though correspondent Steve Harrigan and a cameraman decided not to go.

And of course the obligatory bit from The Daily Show. He starts our talking about Nancy Grace, but then moves on the CNN-Fox feud at about 4:30.

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah | Comedy Central

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a Fox News security guard—carrying a camera—went along on the trip even though correspondent Steve Harrigan and a cameraman decided not to go

Do Fox security guards wear red shirts?