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"News organizations tend to overdo reporting of sensational stories like the Kobe Bryant trial and are more concerned with ratings than substance."
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We have received feedback on this issue from people all across America. Review the graph to the left for a quick snapshot of the responses received to date, or read the responses below.
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Alan, AL
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... network news is liberal
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September 16,2003
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Your show was the most sensational of the evening. Bryant Gumble and some guy from NBC talking about how "right wing" Fox News is while saying,"We'll yes I guess we in the network news are a LITTLE liberal." Then follow it up with Tom Brokaw?
The early call for Gore in Florida in the 2000 presidential election convinced me of the blatant liberal bias in "mainstream media". I could not take one more moment of this farce and switched over to Fox News. When will you people in the "mainstream media" realize that YOU are driving us to talk radio and Fox cable by your liberal topics and reporting?
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Jim, MS
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September 16,2003
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The news media does not care if they hurt or ruin a person's life by reporting items that they have only one unverified source.
Now days, the news media does not want to spend the time to research a story for the facts. That is why i hear the same questions asked for five days in a row by different reporters to the same person.
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Rosalyn Zi, WI
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September 16,2003
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I believe the news stories are worn out over the course of a day or days. Once each news cast, the first day a story is out is enough, then let it go.
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Barbara, OH
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September 16,2003
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I trust what I watch (PBS) more than the newsmagazine I read because the magazine has a connection to its advertisers.
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Lynn, IN
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September 16,2003
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I think way more important stuff is at hand.
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Dan, NJ
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September 16,2003
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Mary, CT
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September 16,2003
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Ratings seem to be the standard by which news organizations determine their worth and value, and how they assign their news stories.
Stories about Kobe Bryant, Laci Peterson and others are nothing more than gossip. Our once-respected news organizations are becoming nothing more than second-rate "tabloid journalism." This sickens and disheartens me. Where is Walter Cronkite when you need him? I totally believed and trusted that man. Who can I trust now, except Jim Lehrer and company?
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Gary, MA
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September 16,2003
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Kathleen N, NY
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... good but could be better
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September 16,2003
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I like both journalists, but I cannot understand why the questions you use as the basis of your discussions are so general and bland. The background noise and flashing lights are very distracting and makes your program seem like it's competing with Fox News. You failed to demonstrate the substance of O'Reilly's broadcasts. Interviewing people outside your studio, people who have nothing better to do than goggle at you in Times Square seems tacky and hardly worthy of poll taking. Please don't be afraid of taking strong points of view and interesting insights. Is the Washington Times a Moonie newspaper? If it is, how can that reporter be considered a serious interviewee? NPR's On the Media is a good model for you. Why does the right have to own the symbols of patriotism, like wearing an American flag?
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Barbara, OH
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September 16,2003
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I watch PBS news and so the sensationalism really stands out when I see news on other stations.
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