I wanted to follow up on why I thought this was staged drama. First, Williams has been through this before with NPR. NPR changed his position from staff correspondent to news analyst as a consultant because of opinions he made public. In this way, Williams knew he was moving away from NPR’s journalist standards and had received a warning of sorts. The following exchange between Vivian Schiller and Williams was personal and struck me as particularly unprofessional. You can read more hear: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2611931/posts
If other news sources wanted to give the back and forth a positive framework, I believe there would be more discussion on what exactly journalist standards are and why we should hold journalists to this standard. It’s actually a great teachable moment about media and its role. Instead the argument focused on the personal. That’s what turns me off from it and makes me feel it might have been staged (and I use that word very loosely). Maybe I'm too suspicious but what great drama to immediately receive a position from Fox.
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Date: 2010-10-26 04:44 pm (UTC)First, Williams has been through this before with NPR.
NPR changed his position from staff correspondent to news analyst as a consultant because of opinions he made public.
In this way, Williams knew he was moving away from NPR’s journalist standards and had received a warning of sorts.
The following exchange between Vivian Schiller and Williams was personal and struck me as particularly unprofessional.
You can read more hear: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2611931/posts
If other news sources wanted to give the back and forth a positive framework, I believe there would be more discussion on what exactly journalist standards are and why we should hold journalists to this standard. It’s actually a great teachable moment about media and its role. Instead the argument focused on the personal. That’s what turns me off from it and makes me feel it might have been staged (and I use that word very loosely). Maybe I'm too suspicious but what great drama to immediately receive a position from Fox.