Poll: Who's a Journalist?--------O'LOOFAH & LIMBOsevic & Geo.WILL

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So when Bernard GOLDDIGGER was book-touring for his crap named "Bias" he frequently was faced with the question that the airwaves are swamped with wingnuts, and he would always say, "But those are COMMENTATORS, not NEWS professionals." And he would then claim that LIMITING his observations to hard news people, the networks have a Liberal bias. Put a nail in THAT coffin.

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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050613/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/media_poll_4

Many Americans Call O'Reilly a Journalist

By WILL LESTER, Associated Press Writer Mon Jun 13, 6:29 PM ET

WASHINGTON - About 40 percent of Americans say they consider talk show host Bill O'Reilly a journalist — more than would define famed Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward the same way, according to a poll conducted this spring. ....

Only 30 percent of those polled said Woodward was a journalist, while 53 percent said they didn't know, despite the fact that Woodward and Carl Bernstein broke the Watergate story that ultimately led to President Nixon's resignation in 1974.

More than a quarter said talk show host Rush Limbaugh was one, while one in five said they considered newspaper columnist George Will to be a journalist.

Poll respondents were asked about 10 writers, TV news anchors and broadcast personalities. They were simply asked, "Please tell me if you think (the individual named) is a journalist or not?" The question made no specific reference to differences between reporters and commentators. ....

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1. Otoh, They Might Be Right about WOODWARD n/t

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2. taken together with the fact that people aren't trusting of the

news media this isn't so bad, maybe these are the "journalists" contributing to the decline in trust. Fox's ratings have been going down...