>UPDATE:
>Jeff Cohen Leaves FAIR Board, Joins MSNBC
>
>FAIR founder Jeff Cohen has been hired by MSNBC, and is stepping down from
>FAIR's board of directors.
>
>Cohen founded FAIR in 1986, and served as the group's executive director.
>In recent years, he has been an advisor to the group rather than a staff
>member, as he pursued a career as a media commentator. In May 2001, he
>became president of FAIR's board of directors.
>
>Until moving to MSNBC, Cohen appeared regularly as a panelist on Fox News
>Channel's "Fox News Watch." This did not prevent FAIR from regularly
>criticizing Fox, including publishing a cover story on "Fox: The Most
>Biased Name in News" (Extra!, 7-8/01). But with Cohen now working in the
>media full-time, Cohen and FAIR mutually decided to avoid any potential
>conflict by having him leave the board.
>
>Cohen is now a senior producer for Phil Donahue's new talk show, which
>will debut on MSNBC this summer. He will also appear on MSNBC each weekday
>afternoon as an on-air commentator.
>
>"All of us at FAIR are very proud to have worked with Jeff," said FAIR's
>Janine Jackson, "and we're pleased to see MSNBC add his critical voice.
>We're also more committed than ever to hard-hitting, independent criticism
>of mainstream media-- including MSNBC."