S. Robert Lichter

From SourceWatch

S. Robert Lichter is president of the Washington-based Center for Media and Public Affairs and a paid consultant to the Fox News Channel [1].

Press Commission, American Institutions of Democracy

1 Biography
2 Robert Lichter's criticisms of Peter Arnett
3 SourceWatch Resources
4 External links

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Biography

According to the CMPA website, "Dr. Lichter holds a Ph.D. in Government from Harvard University and a B.A., summa cum laude, from the University of Minnesota. He has taught media and politics at Princeton, Georgetown, and George Washington universities. He also served as a National Endowment for the Humanities fellow, postdoctoral fellow in politics and psychology at Yale University, and Senior Research Fellow at the Research Institute for International Change at Columbia University." [2]

However, it fails to mention that between 1986 and 1988 Dr Lichter held the DeWitt Wallace Chair in Mass Communications at the American Enterprise Institute. Back in 1993, Dr Lichter appears to have been less shy about his connection with the AEI, as it features in a biography of him used to advertise a speaking engagement at the Ashbrook Center [3] [4].

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Robert Lichter's criticisms of Peter Arnett

Lichter has repeatedly criticised Peter Arnett.

According to FAIR [5], at a conference sponsored by Accuracy In Media after the first Gulf War, Lichter was reported by AP (4/27/91) to have said "...he was disappointed in statements by [Peter] Arnett upon his return from Baghdad that he was in the enemy capital on behalf of all CNN viewers, not just Americans. 'I see a trend toward journalists seeing themselves as citizens of the world' rather than patriotic Americans, Lichter said."

Lichter had another go at Arnett in the second Gulf War, during the media feeding frenzy following Arnett's remarks in an interview with Iraqi state television. An April 1, 2004 Washington Post article quoted Lichter saying: "If ever there was a poster boy for bias, it is now Peter Arnett." [6]

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