Over at the American Street, Doug McDaniel makes swift work of Fox News’ claims about “New York Times ambushing” them:
Fox’s argument doesn’t hold water. You as a reporter do not owe Fox weeks and weeks to give you “their side of the story” in order to be fair and balanced. That is not the basis for objective journalism. You must, however, make sure that you have a documentary record (letters, memos, etc) or multiple human sources for claims made. You only have to be able to back up what you are saying. This whole concept of “equal time” which appears to be some twisted manifestation of political “equal time” just does not hold water.