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by Josh Marshall
07.04.12 | 8:13 am

A federal judge wants to know what Rupert Murdoch’s reaction was to a cartoon his paper published depicting Obama as a dead chimpanzee.

Interestingly, editor Col Allan tried to invoke something called “editorial privilege” to shield discussions about chimp cartoons. But the judge didn’t buy it.

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