Because the work of guarding the henhouse has been subcontracted, in large measure, to foxes.

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Critics of self-regulation call it a case of the fox guarding the henhouse.

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"The deal not only let the fox into the henhouse, " Mr. Rosen joked.

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When I'm president, there will be no more foxes guarding the henhouse.

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"The fox is guarding the henhouse, " says Karen Hudson, president of Families Against Rural Messes, an Elmwood, Ill. group that does battle with industrial-size pigsties and chicken coops.

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Does an SRO sound like the fox guarding the henhouse?

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Some consumer advocates go further, saying that leaving the public-information campaign in the hands of the electronics industry is a bit like letting the proverbial fox guard the henhouse.

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They have no intention of letting Apple into their henhouse, even if Apple is willing to pay the many billions of dollars it would take to get access to live TV content.

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