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Joe Biden not so 'sleepy' when Fox News plays it straight on Super Tuesday

NEW YORK - On most nights, Fox News viewers will hear the 2020 Democratic candidates for president referred to as "Sleepy Joe," "Crazy Bernie" and "Mini Mike," the derisive nicknames given by President Donald Trump to Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and Mike Bloomberg.

But election nights are different on Fox News. Trump defenders Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham had the night off, as did provocateur Tucker Carlson. The Super Tuesday coverage led by co-anchors Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum was straight-ahead, devoid of the combative ridicule of Democrats that is the trademark of the network's popular prime-time shows.

The opposing political analysts who joined Baier and MacCallum at the desk in the midtown Manhattan studio,

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