Retired anchor Shaw laments effects of Fox on his beloved CNN

Chicago Sun-Times ^ | June 5, 2007 | Robert Feder

[Senator Goldwater]

“I don’t want to hear an anchor’s personal opinion about anything. Just report the news.

“But CNN continues to ape many of the on-air mannerisms of the Fox News Network, and I don’t like that,” he said.

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Isn’t this the same guy who refused to be debriefed by the Pentagon about Iraqi troop movements after the US military saved his asss from a downtown Bahgdad hotel in the first Gulf War?

[goldstategop]

CNN - why they never had an agenda or an opinion. Its just eevil Fox News Channel that came along and destroyed that objective and factual agenda-free news reporting. Yeah, right Bernie.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Thommas]

Yeah. CNN = unbiased news. Ok, Bernie.

[Nextrush]

He didn’t talk when he came back.

[mtbopfuyn]

The only thing he’ll be remembered by is needing a change of pants during the Gulf War bombing.

[colonialhk]

Its not biased when you choose what people should hear?
The sad thing is they think they are the unbiased elite who's mission is to choose....so did Cronkite and most of the leading figures in postwar WWII period in media......

[ScareyFast63]

Certainly Bernie: What’s that you say? You used to work for C N N=Communist News Network!

[Larry Lucido]

"When anchors are reporting the news, they should report the news and allow the viewers at home to decide what they think about issues.

Hmm, "We report, you decide." Good thinking, Bernie!

[ClaireSolt]

I watched CNN last night for the R debate. I don’t usually pay attention to it. They had Ariana Huffington raving and disconnected from reality and later Paul Begala shilling foir the Clintons. The set they designed was awful and covered all over with logos for CNN and the local. Earlier I counted four logos surrounding Clinton in a close up at the Dem debate. Lots of technical glitches. Overall bad.

[vikingd00d]

Yep, CNN covers both sides of the news; Stalinist AND Trotskyist

[17th Miss Regt]

Its not biased when you choose what people should hear?

In CNN's case, it's not biased when Saddam Hussein chooses what people should hear!

[devane617]

Rooster boy!!! is back.

[oh8eleven]

Dear Bernie - go suck an egg.

[colonialhk]

Yes...but its them.....the smart guys whose mission in compassionate secularism is to protect us from ourselves.

[bray]

Liberals can’t be biased, only out of touch. What a dinosaur.

Pray for W and Our Troops

[mewzilla]

From 2001...

The Shaw Doctrine

[17th Miss Regt]

Thank God they are around to save us! No, wait. Don’t thank God. Thank Shoggoth! Or maybe the cosmic muffin!

[Tom Bombadil]

I don't want to hear an anchor's personal opinion about anything. Just report the news.

There's nothing quite like a sanctimonious hypocrite being sanctimonious.

[cubreporter]

Hey Bernie.... “shhhhh.”