NY Times Editor Swings At Fox News, CNN: They're 'Bad For Democracy'

[DonViejo]

New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet condemned cable news coverage of the 2016 presidential election for mixing "entertainment and news" in an interview published Friday.

Speaking to the Financial Times, Baquet described CNN and Fox News' approaches to election coverage as "bad for democracy and those institutions."

Their "mix of entertainment and news, and news masquerading as entertainment" would be "kind of funny," Baquet said, if not for Donald Trump's candidacy, which he described as a product of the combination.

Baquet was unsparing in his criticism of both networks, calling CNN's decision to hire ousted Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski as a paid commentator "outrageous" and slamming Lewandowski as "a political shill."

He was equally critical of Fox News, which he said "is not a journalistic institution." While Baquet praised Fox News hosts Megyn Kelly and Chris Wallace as "great" journalists, he didn't miss the chance to take a jab at former Fox boss Roger Ailes, who resigned amid mounting allegations of sexual harassment.

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/dean-baquet-fox-cnn-bad-for-democracy

[emulatorloo]

1. NYT's promoting the discredited 'Clinton Cash' book is bad for Democracy

The rw book was discredited it before it was even published. Yet NYT slavishly repeated its bullshit claims.

[Va Lefty]

2. Kelly and Wallace "great" journalists? Pathetically low bar.