Why Journalists Shouldn't Be Defending Fox News

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Posted by: Posted by Chris Finnie - Oct 24, 2009 - 8:04 AM PDT
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Edited by: Chris Finnie - Oct 24, 2009 - 8:05 AM PDT

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by Chris Finnie - Oct. 24, 2009

This passionate appeal for reality-based journalism suffers from two defects. First, it ignores the impetus to defend one media outlet because of the fear that yours may be next. Second, in defending Richard Engel, Froomkin exposes the sort of framing under the guise of asking questions that Fox has been accused of.

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