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Do we want the other networks to follow Fox's lead and target specific audiences with tailored reporting?
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No, I don't think we do, and I think Fox is very irresponsible to do it themselves. And yes, I'd think they were irresponsible if they decided to slant to the left instead of the right.
Look, journalists aren't personally objective. I personally hate Bush. But you'd never know it to look at my stories. Our job when we put that story on the air is to present an objective story. It's the VIEWER'S job to decide how to take it. When newscasts start catering to specific audiences, they lose their objectivity. They stop being a news organization and start being a political commentary organization.
People get shows like Rush and Al Franken's confused with real journalism. They're not real journalists, and they've never claimed to be. Their job is to present their opinion in the strongest way possible. A journalist's job is to present ALL opinions in the most neutral way possible. You can't do that when you're catering to one side or the other.