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As a young journalism student just starting to get deep into his studies at college, I am curious about Mr. Suarez's views on the change in mainstream journalism's tone. To illustrate my question, in a recent interview on the Charlie Rose show, Brit Hume of FOX News stated that he believes one of the reasons that FOX surged in popularity in the last decade was due to their focus on more news personality - more engaging newscasters with a great emphasis on character than content. This, to the best of my knowledge, is a drastic change from the news of old, which chose the more straight-talking un-opinionated style. From my view, the Newshour has retained the values of the American news tradition in that it is more about the guests and stories than the reporters.

Granted, this may be my own views - a matter of perception. But that said, I would like to ask what Mr. Suarez sees when he would compare the news style of a Edward R. Murrow to the more modern style of a Tony Snow or Chris Matthews.

Thank you.