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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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John, FL
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... do my homework
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September 16,2003
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I find I have to do my homework to get past the liberal slant.
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Ken, MO
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... How ironic
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September 16,2003
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You've got to be kidding! This country was founded on the premise that an unfettered press was the greatest guarantor of informed democracy, because people getting both points of views on an issue could make informed decisions. From this perspective, our network news sources are our greatest threats to democracy, because they do not allow divergent views. How ironic--the guarantor of democracy becomes the greatest threat!
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Kerry, GA
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... asked it again, and again
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September 16,2003
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I have seen local stations bend the truth to make a story more sensational. I suspect national news is the same. When the shuttle crashed, the NASA officials kept saying 'we won't know the cause until we've had a chance to examine the wreckage.' The reporters re-worded the question and asked it again, and again, and again. It's amazing more reporters don't get punched. Are they all morons?
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William Di, IN
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... I distrust
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September 16,2003
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The station I distrust the most is PBS,also they{PBS]must be ashamed to wear the flag pin.
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Brian, MI
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... out and out liberal
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September 16,2003
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When I see Bryant Gumble and Tom Brokaw talk about being unbiased, I want to toss my cookies. Only an out and out liberal would say the network news media is unbiased.
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Brian, NJ
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... only junk reporting
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September 16,2003
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I had high expectations for last night's Flashpoints on PBS. I figured that finally some of the 1st Amendment/media issues of recent history and legislation would be truly addressed, but instead what I walked away with was that media was going to continue to provide what the public wanted rather than in depth news coverage. So instead of actually being able to get all the facts in a story the public will continue to be bombarded with surface coverage as is the current norm. The thing that shocked me the most was that the reporters put the brunt of the blame on the consumer. If the consumer has only junk reporting to choose from, then how is the media supposed to change in that scenario? The public can't choose quality news without that option. If the media wishes to regain (or in some case attain) a worthy reputation, then the consumer should be presented with actual quality in depth coverage options, preferably in a free format. But in the end, what should I have really expected from medi
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Dianne, NY
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... example of what's wrong
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September 16,2003
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This show is a great example of what's wrong with the news.
-The agenda, expand corporate viewpoints
-The tactics, give free air to corporate friendly views and give wishy-washy, ineffectual rebuttals, saying like Fox news, that you're fair and balanced.
Flashpoint, this week, gave a segment to Fox's O'Reilly with a tiny rebuttal, but no specifics of O'Reilly's massive sins. It came across that O'Reilly was credible. He was allowed to trash Al Franken, who wasn't there to defend himself.
Then we see snippets against consolidation of media ownership, followed by another long piece with Michael Powell expounding his extreme views. Basically, this show is the GE/NBC sponsored corporate opposition to Moyers on PBS. This along with the car commercial that was on a few minutes before the show, has me wondering if PBS is selling out. I hope not.
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Dean, FL
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September 16,2003
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Watched half of your show til I got bored. First time I've watched "Gumball" since he came to Jacksonville about a decade ago and bad-mouthed the Navy.
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James, IL
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... rather live in a country with a newpaper and no go ...
September 16,2003
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I definitely have a problem with big business running the news media. Their CEO's come from the same gene pool as those that ran Enron. Thomas Jefferson I think wrote that he would rather live in a country with a newpaper and no government than the other way around. But I think for big business owning the media as well as our politicians we are on the verge of becomling a country with a government and no newspaper.
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Michael, MA
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September 16,2003
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The news is a story about fact, it is not fact. Its glamourized to sell and it panders to the conservatives while claiming to be liberal. Examples: Iraq war coverage, 2000 presidential election (the media avoided any negative remarks on Bush), and the recent democratic debate, Fox News summarized the debate like a bunch of frat-boys by discrediting any comment of value from the democratics with their verbal and visual attacks. Bush doesnt need to campaign in 2004 - just needs to have Fox show all the debates.
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