NYT Op/Ed: The consequences of contacting, writing about Fox News
Fox News, says New York Times columnist David Carr, is run more like a political campaign than a media outlet.
"Once the public relations apparatus at Fox News is engaged," Carr wrote of requesting interviews, "there will be the calls to my editors, keening (and sometimes threatening) e-mail messages, and my requests for interviews will quickly turn into depositions about my intent or who else I am talking to."
Fox News, under chief Roger Ailes, is so diffficult to deal with that Carr admits having a physical reaction should the channel's name come up in his work. Actions taken against reporters include blacklisting, smears on blogs and, as brought to light recently, doctored photographs in retaliation for a perceived hitjob following a New York Times piece by reporter Jacques Steinberg, comparing its ratings to those of cable news competitor CNN...........
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