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NewsHour Executive Producer Linda Winslow responded to many aspects: " FAIR seems to be accusing us of covering the people who make decisions that affect people's lives, many of whom work in government, the military, or corporate America.

That's what we do: we're a news program, and that's who makes news ...

I take issue with the way the FAIR report characterizes each guest, which they have obviously done very subjectively.

Witness the trashing of Mark Shields and Tom Oliphant ( in the full report ), who are not liberal ENOUGH for FAIR's taste.

When you get down to arguing about DEGREES of left-and-rightness, I think you undermine your own argument.

" She also accused FAIR of counting sound bites as interviews, thereby skewing their numbers toward the political party holding a majority.