Is this Op-Ed or Reporting? (Wolff Blitzer's show on CNN)

[pinto]

This is when I eat dinner, sit down and check in with the TV news a bit. So Dana Bash, reporting on the MA Senatorial election, does the classic, "I don't know but.." and continues on with an editorial comment as part of a "news" segment.

Ed Murrow's standards have been lost in the profession.

[DrToast]

1. My favorite: "People are saying..."

WTF? Who is saying?

[pinto]

2. Yeah. I'm sorry to be so vague here, but it's become such a common type of lead in, I limit cable

"news", CNN included, unless there's a real time story being covered. One exception, I really like Zakaria's show on Sunday AM. Well done stuff.

[DrToast]

3. No, what I'm saying is that's another thing reporters do

"Wolf, people are saying Obama is screwed."

WTF? Who is saying that?