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FOX broadcasts live car chase, man’s suicide

Posted by Tiffany Gibson | Published September 28, 2012 at 3:43 pm | Comments 0

If you were watching FOX News at about 2:30 p.m. today, you’re probably still in shock. The network was following a car chase when the driver exited the vehicle, ran through a field, pulled out a gun and fatally shot himself.

And Fox aired the entire thing.

“We really messed up.” – Shepard Smith said after the commercial break.


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Tagged: Fox News, Fox News car chase, Fox News car chase suicide, Shepard Smith, Shepard Smith apologizes

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