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It’s Friday Afternoon

June 17, 2005

In the most stunning example of the disintegration of the barrier between news and entertainment since Sean Penn went to Iran, Fox News this afternoon offered viewers a report from Afghanistan by what appeared to be the stars of a soon-to-debut hour-long drama on the WB. Here’s a screen shot of Willow and Xander — we mean, Scott and Katherine — filing their report:

Nice work, Scott, but to us you’ll always be Pacey’s older brother.

–Brian Montopoli

Brian Montopoli is a writer at CJR Daily.