Fox..... News?

Real Journalism. Fair and Balanced. That's was Fox News calls itself.

Mike Wallace asks Fox's Bill O'Reilly what he thinks of Rush Limbaugh. O'Reilly says Limbaugh is an entertainer. Wallace says "You're not?" O'Reilly says he's a journalist who is entertaining. That reminded me of a radio interview I did maybe 15 years ago with a writer for the local newspaper. I asked her what she thought of Paul Harvey. With what I interpreted as a bit of "real journalism" snobbery, she said, "He's not a newsman. He's an entertainer." I answered, "And a very good one." Paul's in his eighties, still on a bunch of radio stations.

Real Journalism? Fair and balanced? Give me a break. Just entertain me but don't call it journalism.