CNN - FORMER CNN ANCHOR SHAW SAYS NETWORK IS APING FNC

FORMER CNN ANCHOR SHAW SAYS NETWORK IS APING FNC

By encouraging its news anchors to present their take on the news of the day, CNN is continuing "to ape many of the on-air mannerisms of the Fox News Network," which includes "commentary, personal analysis," former CNN anchor Bernard Shaw has told a Chicago television station. In an interview broadcast on WTTW and excerpted in Tuesday's Chicago Sun-Times, Shaw said, "I'm very, very disappointed with the way the news management at my favorite network has gone." On his radio talk show Tuesday, Rush Limbaugh came to the defense of Fox News, "You libs are going to have to get over it and understand that you are wrong about this," he remarked, maintaining that during the daytime, Fox does not present opinion. He then noted that Shaw had failed even to get the name of the Fox cable network right. "It's the Fox News Channel, by the way, Bernard," he said.

06/06/2007