RE: [Iraq] More enthusiasm than news in Fox's coverage of war

From: gts (gts_2000@yahoo.com)
Date: Sat Mar 29 2003 - 10:40:07 MST

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    Michael Dickey wrote:

    [gts wrote:]
    >> In less than a minute, Neil Cavuto managed to call this professor a
    >> "pontificating jerk," a "callous elitist," a "self-absorbed
    >> condescending imbecile," a "lie and a fraud and an ingrate," an
    >> "intellectual Lilliputian," who is "clueless" and "selfish" and who
    >> has "ice running through his veins."
    >>
    >> That's typical FOX journalism. I'm sure the kids love it.

    > To be fair, one must draw the distinction between 'NEWS' and
    > 'COMMENTARIES' Commentaries are directly meant to be someones
    > opinions, or interpretations. Its the 'NEWS' the objective
    > reporting of factual information, that should NOT be biased.
    > I am not personally familiar with Neil Cavuto, but judging
    > from what you reported him as saying, it sounded like a
    > commentary, not a news broadcast.

    Sure, it was commentary, but I include commentary under general heading of
    "journalism."

    If someone on this list were to start behaving like Neil Cavuto did last
    night on FOX then we'd probably ban him from posting, and/or most of us
    would put his email address in our kill-files.

    -gts



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