06 December 2006

Newshounds: One Story, Two Very Different Slants

If there are any doubts that Fox News sells fear, a look at how Fox News and another network covered the same story should dispell them. With video.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., gave a speech in New Hampshire the other night at which he proposed limiting Americans' constitutional right of free speech in order to fight terrorism. Both Keith Olbermann, anchor of MSNBC's "Countdown," and Martha MacCallum, anchor of Fox News' "Live Desk" did stories on the event, which aired less than 24 hours apart. The two stories were as different as night and day.

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