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"I have a high level of confidence in the credibility and reporting of news organizations."
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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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Tim, OR
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... It sells more products ... 
September 17,2003
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In the 2000 election, we heard that Gore had won the vote in Florida, then whe heard that Bush had won. It was only after both statements had been made that we heard that there wasn't enough information.
It was once mandated by the federal government that in order to use the public airwaves, television stations had to broadcast programs to inform the public. Since the 70's and 80's, when broadcasting companies discovered revenue potential, the nature of news has changed from informative to entertainment. It sells more products & keeps John & Jane Q involved, but at what cost?
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Kenneth, OR
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... international press
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September 17,2003
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Almost every news story I am following currently having to do with the Bush Admin., I am following through the international press (except for a rare story in the New York Times.) Stories I knew a year and a half ago, are just coming out, now.
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Tom, AZ
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... Reporting is a business
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September 17,2003
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Reporters covering my field (state wildlife agency) make so many mistakes and have so little expertise in crafting a meaningful story that it makes me doubt their reporting on most other subjects. Reporters go for the sensational, not the important. Reporting is a business, not a service.
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Mo, AZ
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... liberal bent
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September 17,2003
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Has the mainstream media had a liberal bent for the past 3 decades that was portrayed as hard news because there was no checks? Mr Gumbel supported my statement by leading his comments after the profile of Bill Oreilly and FOX by saying "the public laughed and the court threw it out" [regarding Al Franken's use of "fair and balanced" in his book title].
I understood that FOX felt their trademarked statement was being maligned by Franken and I don't think I was alone. So what public was Mr. Gumbel referring to?
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David, LA
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... much fabricated ...
September 17,2003
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I have confidence that they report the news, but I wonder how much is from REAL reporting. Most headliners can't possibly have time to research and tripple check all the stories thay report so where's the credibility from the reporters.
There's too much fabricated hype on most news stories today.
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Steve, AZ
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... will stifle coverage
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September 17,2003
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The FCC media ownership cap relaxation has stifled what domestic news organizations are allowed to cover by their corporate ownership. Newsrooms "pull their punches," in the best case of this sorry scenario.
President Bush's threat of a veto after Senate Bill SJ-17 was passed today (9/16/03) makes a case for mistrust: the Bush Administration views the media ownership cap as a vehicle of patronage, which ensures that media owners will stifle coverage which threatens the corporate bottom line.
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Denny, CO
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... have serious issues
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September 17,2003
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For journalists who pry into people's most private lives every day and then add their own judgements I have found those same journalists the most thin-skinned folks that one can imagine when their personal space is involved. I also have serious issues with the frequent use of "sources who wish to remain anonymous" or "unnamed sources close to so-and-so" and then conclusions that treat what they said as fact. Come on professionals, you have the ability to clean up your imagine and give us factual objective news - we need you to!
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Bob Powell, CO
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... little respect
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September 17,2003
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I have little confidence in, or respect for, the media because they tend to use a he-said, she-said approach with little respect for the facts. When Bush flat out lies, the press doesn't call him on it. Rather they report that "Critics say ...", not pointing out the facts on either side.
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Dan, NJ
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... turn to the BBC ...
September 17,2003
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Rupert Murdochs successful highjacking of the news media (FOX NEWS, New York Post and his worldwide media empire)has hurt the credibility of the news media in the USA. Fox News is the equivalent of the American Al-Jazeera news network. Reporting of the news has turned into editorializing of the news. Too bad I have to turn to the BBC news to get news that is relatively free of the overtly biased editorialized news reporting that is all too common on American tv.
William Randolph Hearst would be proud.
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David, MA
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... seem to sell
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September 17,2003
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I think the "media" was trust worthy when it was just two poor guys running a small printing press 300 years ago. There was no glamour, just black and white. (You can’t really call me old fashioned because I’m twenty one.) Now a day huge corporations, owned by the social elite, are the ones who decide what we Americans see and how we see it. How can the media be truly for the people when at the same time they have other interests like money and power on their minds? Sex, violence, scandal, and who broke up with so and so in Hollywood are what seem to sell these days. Truth does not need to be exciting or glamorized. The truth will speak for itself.
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