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Letter to the editor:

Fox News has few credentials to stand on

Marte Jones, Las Vegas

Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009 | 2:02 a.m.

I often see letters, commentaries and opinions about Fox News Channel. I have a couple of general comments that have nothing to do with politics.

First, you can’t label yourself one way or another without someone with credentials to back it up. Let’s take a look at “fair and balanced.” Maybe Fox News Channel is that in some cases, not in others.

But promoting yourself in this self-serving manner immediately raises suspicion. If the Society of Professional Journalists or a similar organization has said, yes, Fox is fair and balanced, then use the endorsement and tell us where it came from. I might accept the claim of this achievement, depending on where the endorsement came from. Then, I will decide.

Second (and this one drives me crazy, and is why I watch very little Fox News) is the statement, “We report ... You decide.” That should be obvious — you don’t need to tell us. All news organizations report, and we’ll decide based on the many sources we feed on.

Howard Cosell used to drive people nuts, to the point where some people were known to throw bricks through television sets. Well, guess what? I’m a little concerned about leaving the TV on Fox News by mistake, and hearing this nonsense from another room. I have some cinder blocks just outside on the patio — a “stone’s throw away.”

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