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Marcia Clark Now Reporting on OJ
By Lynn Elber
Associated Press
Published 9/22/07

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Even with the elastic boundaries observed by TV entertainment news shows, Clark's history with Simpson makes her a unique figure — and, according to journalism experts, someone playing a questionable role by acting as reporter as well as analyst.

Calling on Simpson's onetime prosecutor to offer opinion is one thing, they said; detached reporting is another.

"It's not hard, no matter where one stood on the murder trial, to question how she could be an independent and fair reporter," said Bob Steele, a senior journalism ethics faculty member at the Poynter Institute.

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