"I'm as mad as Hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!"
Neither Michaels nor Consiglio would say what specific political leaning they were expected to adopt.
Consiglio, who also was executive producer, said the balanced journalistic approach they use for all their stories was sometimes frowned upon.
In my opinion, journalists who adhere to the principles of fairness and unbiased reporting deserve respect and support, regardless of whatever their own personal political views might be. Bravo to these two.
I'd have an iota of respect for the US news media in general if this were to happen more often.
Good for them. I hope they remain honest - although it will be VERY hard to find another journalism job that tolerates integrity.
Perhaps they were being asked to knock off the left-wing bias? There’s nothing in the article that makes it clear.
These are *journalists* - I’m not going to assume that they have integrity just because they say they do.
Not if they expect to ever get another job.
Then again, they would actually be DOING their job if they reported it- which they should have done ON-AIR as they were leaving
"I'm as mad as Hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!"
Most “journalists” consider the truth to have a conservative bias, so I’ll withold my opinion on these two.
Oh, if they did anything before, it should be easy enough to figure out.
The last thng a news agency wants is an honest Journalist.
They would rather have the Chris Mathews, Rachel Maddow type.
You know freaks who get a tingle when they speak of the Muslim in the WH.
The news media is not news, it is Communist propaganda.
Quit beating around the bush and lay it all on the table. Now is their chance. Strike while the iron is hot.
If they resigned as a matter of principle, then they could not have been liberals.
TV News outlets are structured and have a bureaucracy behind them . The person who slants the news is your news director who directs the readers (anchors= actors really)or even may write the news or review their article and suggest a slant to it, as they’re presenting a story, for them to deliver. Now a reporter has a more independent role but is still not as independent as a commentator
Without knowing who the power behind the thrown is. It’s hard to tell sometimes where they’re (the reader) is comming from. You have to pay attention to the credits as they scroll past quickly on the screen.
Just to be clear, almost *all* the newsreaders clame to be "unbiased." Dan Rather, for example, always claimed he was.
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