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News? It's all in how it's presented

January 03, 2009

There is a fundamental flaw in Matea Gold's Dec. 31 article, "For Cable News, a Dramatic Turn." That flaw is calling Fox News and MSNBC cable news channels.

They are both opinion and entertainment, and they both do it quite well, but they are not news outlets.

Jeff Gold

Granada Hills

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