The Huffington Post is running a memo it says is from the Vice President of News at Fox News that that this former staff reporter considers to have one of the most damning lines he has seen in journalism.
According to the Huffington Post, it’s written by Fox News‘ vice president of News on the day the Democrats won control of both houses of Congress.
The line is this:
And let’s be on the lookout for any statements from the Iraqi insurgents, who must be thrilled at the prospect of a Demo-controlled Congress.
Go to the link to see the entire memo. This sentence speaks for itself.
In my own journalism career I worked extensively overseas with the late Chicago Daily News, the Christian Science Monitor, was brought in to work with the Madrid Newsweek bureau as an extra “stringer” during the death of dictator Francisco Franco, did some “live” reports from Madrid for National Public Radio, and worked as staff reporter on the Wichita Eagle-Beacon and the San Diego Union.
I never had an editor ask me to get a comment in such a political way with the implication that it would be used to make a political point.
Be sure to read our co-blogger Michael Stickings take on this HERE at The Reaction.
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UPDATE: Fox News has also gone down several notches in status and reputation due to this outrage. Notice who’s doing this highly touted interview.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, writes a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.