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Subbu Vincent, the Director of Journalism and Media Ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara University, went even further in criticizing Newsmax over its decision. “There are multiple issues here,” Vincent told Confider. “This is not a blur between politics and partisan news media. ‘Blur’ is the word used to describe the confusion between commentary and news that happens on television shows—across left and right. Cable TV news shows on the left have been criticized for bringing on ‘experts’ on war whose connections to the American military-industrial complex are not fully disclosed on shows.”

He continued: "When a congressman does reporting and anchoring on a ‘news show’ it is not news. When you are generating tribalism in, for, and with your audience, the distinctions between news, journalism, and ethical guardrails do not matter, as long as you can make money and perhaps even expand the audience.”

Subbu Vincent, director, journalism and media ethics, quoted by The Daily Beast.