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CJR Daily: Accuracy is for the masses

Written By mista sense on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 | 8:23 AM





The Columbia Journalism Review, desperate to deserve its stereotype as a card-carrying member of the Fox News Channel-hating media elite, deigns to check its spelling and begins to lose it in the process:

"Cable news is known for its bias toward conflict and sensationalism. There's nothing that gets viewers to tune in more than exaggerated reports of the latest near-attack by a shark -- or, for that matter, a hurricane. And the most intrepid cable newshands can sneak the message of fear into otherwise seemingly innocuous bits of programming.

"Today's example is 'Fox and Friends' Brian Kilmeades' [Sic: It's "Kilmeade." The possessive form that is eluding the CJR is"Kilmeade's."] introduction to co-anchor Laura [Sic: it's "Lauren"] Green's roundup of the morning's headlines:

"'Lauren Green has been tracking all the day's headlines in this non-stop war on terror.' Well, no, actually she hasn't been -- and won't be. Green's lead story: Fourteen people hurt in a Baltimore bus accident. Presumed culprit: wet roads caused by early morning rain. No terrorist activity reported."

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