Mark Jurkowitz: “ABC’s decision to dig up dirt on a linchpin of another network’s entertainment lineup reflects the changing values of television news, several media analysts said yesterday.” Here are some interesting quotes…
> ”It might be interesting or fun for some to make this into a fight between Fox and ABC News,” ABC spokesperson Jeffrey Schneider says. ”It has nothing to do with that. It has to do with journalists pursuing an interesting tip which clearly showed there were substantial reasons to look into these allegations…Obviously, ‘American Idol’ is a cultural phenomenon that attracts millions of viewers, and we thought the claims warranted further investigation.”
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