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A new report by the Project for Excellence in Journalism tends to confirm what many of you may have suspected. Namely, that as the war on terrorism has worn on, television news has reverted to its "punditry as usual" style of doing business.
The lone exception? "Nightline," which has become more factual.
The study, which surveyed 2,496 television broadcasts, newspaper and newsmagazine stories for three periods (mid-September, mid-November and mid-December) also revealed a high level of uncritical reporting of official U.S. government statements and a correspondingly low presence of voices in disagreement with U.S. policies.
Moreover, the study actually showed lower levels of factual reporting on the war on terrorism and higher ...