...On September 21, 2001, the Associated Press reported that ABC News was discouraging its reporters from wearing flag pins, ribbons and other patriotic paraphernalia on air.

NBC anchorman Tom Brokaw agreed with the policy.

"I don't think a journalist ought to be wearing a flag, because it does seem to be, to me at least, a sign of solidarity toward whatever the government is doing, and that is not our role," said Brokaw.

"It’s hard to be a patriotic journalist," CBS anchor Dan Rather told NBC’s "Access Hollywood." "Journalists need to be skeptical. Not cynical but skeptical. And they need to be independent."...

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Yeah, it's old news, but I remember it being a bit of a controversy a few years ago.