IP: NETWORK COVERAGE A TARGET OF FIRE FROM CONSERVATIVES

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
>
>
> NETWORK COVERAGE A TARGET OF FIRE FROM CONSERVATIVES
> Issue: Journalism
>
> The television news networks are increasingly coming under criticism from
> conservatives who say they exhibit a lack of patriotism or are overly
> negative toward the government as they cover the war. Many of the critiques
> stem from information provided by a conservative media watchdog organization
> called the Media Research Center, which hires full-time monitors to watch
> the network newscasts. How their criticism will affect coverage of the war
> is an open question. But news executives at CNN, ABC and MSNBC said they
> were conscious of the criticism while making their day-to-day decisions
> about coverage. Brit Hume, the Fox News Channel anchor, said that in this
> conflict, traditional rules no longer applied. "Look, neutrality as a
> general principle is an appropriate concept for journalists who are covering
> institutions of some comparable quality," Mr. Hume said. "This is a conflict
> between the United States and murdering barbarians."
>
> [SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: Jim Rutenberg And Bill Carter]
> <http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/07/politics/07MEDI.html>


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