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== Criticism == |
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Cameron has been criticized as being a partisan Republican in his reporting, both in what he reports and in the way he labels concepts, persons and issues on which he reports. Conservatives, however, have accused him of airing undersourced or fabricated stories that reflect badly on Republicans in order to claim "scoops" for himself. Most recently, after the 2008 presidential election, Cameron reported on Fox News that "insiders" in the John McCain campaign told him McCain running mate Sarah Palin did not know Africa is a continent. Cameron's only sources were anonymous, a breach of rudimentary journalistic practice. <ref>[http://mediamatters.org/items/200501130003] Mediamatters Article on Cameron calling Democrats "stonewallers" from the "angry liberal left"</ref><ref>[http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2004/07/23/fox_dui/index.html] Salon.com article about Cameron's handling of the Bush DUI arrest story</ref><ref>[http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=65000544] Opinionjournal article about Cameron's handling of the Bush DUI arrest story</ref><ref>[http://mediamatters.org/items/200406160011] Mediamatters Article on Cameron subtilely attacking Kerry by injecting additional information on a quote Kerry used</ref> |
Cameron has been criticized as being a partisan Republican in his reporting, both in what he reports and in the way he labels concepts, persons and issues on which he reports. Conservatives, however, have also accused him of airing undersourced or fabricated stories that reflect badly on Republicans in order to claim "scoops" for himself. Most recently, after the 2008 presidential election, Cameron reported on Fox News that "insiders" in the John McCain campaign told him McCain running mate Sarah Palin did not know Africa is a continent. Cameron's only sources were anonymous, a breach of rudimentary journalistic practice, and no such source stepped forward under his or her own name. <ref>[http://mediamatters.org/items/200501130003] Mediamatters Article on Cameron calling Democrats "stonewallers" from the "angry liberal left"</ref><ref>[http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2004/07/23/fox_dui/index.html] Salon.com article about Cameron's handling of the Bush DUI arrest story</ref><ref>[http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=65000544] Opinionjournal article about Cameron's handling of the Bush DUI arrest story</ref><ref>[http://mediamatters.org/items/200406160011] Mediamatters Article on Cameron subtilely attacking Kerry by injecting additional information on a quote Kerry used</ref> |
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===Conflict of interest=== |
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Revision as of 17:00, 10 November 2008
Carl Cameron is a television journalist and commentator for Fox News Channel in the United States.
Professional career
Cameron was born Karl Lamberg-Karlovsky and attended Bates College but did not graduate with the Class of 1983 (his younger brother Christopher "Kip" Lamberg-Karlovsky graduated in 1987 and is a painter and tennis instructor in their hometown of Melrose, MA). Despite his claims to then candidate George W. Bush caught in Robert Greenwald's film, Outfoxed, Cameron never played varsity basketball at Bates and was never nominated as an All-American.[1] Cameron began his broadcast career in 1985 at radio stations WFEA and WZID in Manchester, New Hampshire. He later joined Fox News as political correspondent on Capitol Hill. Cameron has worked as political correspondent covering presidential candidates George W. Bush in 2000, John Kerry in 2004, and John McCain in 2008. He was chief political correspondent during the 2004 United States presidential election. In 2005, Cameron became chief White House Correspondent. In June 2006, he returned to his job as chief political correspondent to cover the 2006 midterm elections.
Criticism
Alleged bias
Cameron has been criticized as being a partisan Republican in his reporting, both in what he reports and in the way he labels concepts, persons and issues on which he reports. Conservatives, however, have also accused him of airing undersourced or fabricated stories that reflect badly on Republicans in order to claim "scoops" for himself. Most recently, after the 2008 presidential election, Cameron reported on Fox News that "insiders" in the John McCain campaign told him McCain running mate Sarah Palin did not know Africa is a continent. Cameron's only sources were anonymous, a breach of rudimentary journalistic practice, and no such source stepped forward under his or her own name. [2][3][4][5]
Conflict of interest
The documentary Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism includes a video segment in which Cameron talks with George W. Bush about his wife's involvement in Bush's 2000 presidential campaign just before a Fox News interview.[6] According to the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ): "Journalists should: Avoid conflicts of interest, real or perceived. Remain free of associations and activities that may compromise integrity or damage credibility." In this respect, Cameron resembles such better-known journalists as ABC correspondent George Stephanopolous, who worked for political figures whom he now covers, MSNBC's Chris Matthews, a former Jimmy Carter speechwriter, and former CBS anchor Dan Rather, who has been known to speak before Democratic groups in his native state of Texas. [7]
Allegations of journalistic fraud
Media watchdog groups claim that on a number of occasions Carl Cameron has fabricated statements by Democratic politicians, and that this was done to boost their Republican opponents. One claim cited by Media Matters for America was a claim that John Kerry labeled George W. Bush a "warmonger" who intended to create "perpetual war" around the world; Media Matters asserted that no such instance of that criticism ever occurred.[8]
In another instance, Cameron wrote a story posted on the Fox News website which included fabricated quotes from Kerry; the senator purportedly called himself a "metrosexual" and Bush a "cowboy" and spoke effeminately about a manicure. Official Fox News spokesman Paul Schur later said it was intended to be an internal joke not for publication, and the network apologized for the piece, but only on its website, and only through a tag on the article in which these quotes appeared.[9]
See also
External links
References
- ^ http://mediamatters.org/items/200410050005
- ^ [1] Mediamatters Article on Cameron calling Democrats "stonewallers" from the "angry liberal left"
- ^ [2] Salon.com article about Cameron's handling of the Bush DUI arrest story
- ^ [3] Opinionjournal article about Cameron's handling of the Bush DUI arrest story
- ^ [4] Mediamatters Article on Cameron subtilely attacking Kerry by injecting additional information on a quote Kerry used
- ^ [5] YouTube video of the segment
- ^ [6] Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics
- ^ [7] Mediamatters Article on the warmonger claim
- ^ [8] USA Today: "Fox News pulls reporter's item with fake Kerry quotes"