Well, it’s official. FOX News is neither fair, nor balanced according to a new 617-page report from the Project for Excellence in Journalism, and if you’re interested, here’s a link to its mission statement.
The study noted that “In covering the Iraq war last year, 73 percent of the stories on Fox News included the opinions of the anchors and journalists reporting them. By contrast, 29 percent of the war reports on MSNBC and 2 percent of those on CNN included the journalists’ own views.”
Perhaps most amusing is that the self-proclaimed “no-spin King,” Bill O’Reilly, spins more than anyone. Period. According to the report, “nearly every story — 97 percent — contained opinion on Fox’s “O’Reilly Factor”; 24 percent on MSNBC’s “Hardball with Chris Matthews”; and 0.9 percent on CNN’s “Larry King Live.”
I was most surprised by the CNN statistics. After watching Wolf Blitzer and Judy Woodruff toss softball questions at Republican guests time and again, I just can’t watch the network anymore.
Anything written on PBS?
Left by Mark on March 16th, 2005