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Some news managers have been slow to grasp that good television news is always substance over form.

Television news is now entertainment, and the stories are being written by the people that have a special interest in them.

Television news is a delicate balance of serving public good and private gain.

TV news is not very instructive.

Editorials are, obviously, pieces of opinion journalism. They are not intended to be dispassionate, balanced accountings of a news situation or issue. They present a strong and strongly argued position and do not necessarily present or even take into account the opposing position.

The democratic approach to news is a very valuable thing. We're always going to be dependent on the quality of reporting of mainstream media.

We're journalists, so our default position is we're not writing editorial. We're trying to bring information to readers, viewers, so that they can make up their own conclusions.

If you look up the definition of news in the dictionary, it isn't what you watch on TV.

There is a long-standing tradition in the mainstream press of middle-of-the-road journalism that is objective and fair. I would hate to see that fall victim to a panic about the Fox effect.