What are you thoughts on the nws era?

Problem I have is the reporters who rendered the decisions often had hometown and or colour bias. Not all but many.
I think they should stand on a fighters record as any bad official decision does but before placing too much credence in them maybe research if the paper had a habit of favouring the particular fighter

 

There were usually many newspapers covering a fight, so if a reporter had a color or hometown bias it would have stood out like a sore thumb. Especially regarding color. I have found that the reporters of the no-decision era were pretty fair and consistent when reporting on fights involving black fighters. If a black fighter won, even by a hair, they usually didn't have much trouble saying so and giving due credit.