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I thought you might be interested in the article from the FAIR web site. The following article will be appended to your message: All the Usual Suspects: MacNeil/Lehrer and Nightline As part of its ongoing examination of television news, FAIR is releasing the results of its new study, "All the Usual Suspects: The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour and Nightline." After FAIR's February 1989 study of Nightline, members of the public joined journalists in urging the media watch group to compare Nightline with other news programs and to monitor Nightline for any changes in the wake of the original study. This new study accomplishes both missions. FAIR'S Jeff Cohen summarized the new findings: "Nightline has slightly broadened its panel of experts, while public TV's Newshour is narrower, whiter, more male-dominated, more government-oriented and more conservative than Nightline. MacNeil/Lehrer's virtual exclusion of public interest leaders is a sad commentary on public TV." FAIR's study was delivered to MacNeil/Lehrer and PBS President Bruce Christensen with a cover note, which asserted: "MacNeil/Lehrer's narrow, pro-establishment guest list mocks the original mandate of public television. The Carnegie Commission report that gave birth to PBS urged that public television 'be a forum for debate and controversy' and 'provide a voice for groups in the community that may otherwise be unheard' and 'help us see America whole, in all its diversity.' On these points, public TV's NewsHour has utterly failed. Much of MacNeil/Lehrer's coverage-– its selection of news makers and experts–- is even narrower than commercial TV." To read the rest of the article, please click on the link below. http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2007 This article was published on Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting's Website (http://www.fair.org).

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