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Tuesday, February 08, 2005
CNN, Fox & Brian Williams
US News and World Report's Washington Whispers column has this interesting story:
While Fox News Channel remains the favorite network of Republican lawmakers, NBC's new anchor, Brian Williams, is the one turning GOP heads. Message guru and former MSNBC contributor Frank Luntz says in a confidential memo to Hill leaders that Williams has emerged as the "go-to network anchor" because of his brains and "lack of detectable ideological bias." Luntz credits NBC Executive Producer Steve Capus for "a flawless transition to a new generation of news anchor." Still, Fox and CNN lead the nets when it comes to GOP loyalty.Josh Marshall explains that "the Luntz memo not only says that Brian Williams is an easy mark. Luntz apparently also believes that CNN is now so thoroughly whipped as to be on par with FOX in terms of Bush-fidelity." Evidently the loyalty of both Fox News and CNN are taken for granted by the GOP. The loyalty of Brian Williams could also be taken for granted. Scary stuff.
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