Stating that Fox has degraded his alma mater's previous hegemony over what worldwide 24 hour news reporting is:
Asked what he now thinks of CNN, Shaw told WTTW-Channel 11's John Callaway: "I try not to. I'm very, very disappointed with the way the news management at my favorite network has gone. CNN has fine women and men working there. Lou Dobbs, one of the leaders there.
"Unfortunately, Fox News is the ratings leader . . . on the cable side of the business, and what Fox puts on the air is not news."
What Fox does, he said, is "commentary, personal analysis."
Calling himself "very straitlaced [and] very old-fashioned," Shaw said: "When anchors are reporting the news, they should report the news and allow the viewers at home to decide what they think about issues.
"I don't want to hear an anchor's personal opinion about anything. Just report the news.
"But CNN continues to ape many of the on-air mannerisms of the Fox News Network, and I don't like that," he said.
It's amazing. The size of his blind spot is amazing. He's a great anchor. He's a great reporter, but he is mising the essential reality of human-ness on this one.
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