Monday, March 14, 2005

Fairly Opinionated Reporting

The Project for Excellence in Journalism has released their second annual State of the News Media and the Washington Post has an overview, pointing to how 73 percent of Fox's war stories in 2004 included the opinions of the anchors and journalists reporting them, compared to 29 percent for MSNBC and only 2 percent for CNN. Fox's executive daytime producer, Jerry Burke is quoted as saying Fox anchors are Americans first, human beings second. This probably doesn't surprise some critics.

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