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Speaking at Harvard University, ABC News President David Westin criticized network news for injecting too much opinion into coverage at the expense of pure information: “The more time we express our opinions, the less time…

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Abc_news_1Speaking at Harvard University, ABC News President David Westin criticized network news for injecting too much opinion into coverage at the expense of pure information:

“The more time we express our opinions, the less time we have to talk about the facts,” Westin said. “Unfortunately, opinion is driving out facts too often in most of what we see on television today.”

Westin went on to add:

“If viewers see news people on different channels that look pretty much the same, on sets that look pretty much the same, and graphics that look pretty much the same, with some expressing opinion some of the time and some expressing facts, is it surprising that the audience believe that they’re all expressing facts?”

We couldn’t agree more, ABC.

(Hat tip: Romanesko)

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