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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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Don, CA
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... even the credibility
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September 17,2003
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Incidents like Nina Totenburg trying to influence the confirmation proceding of a Surpreme Court Judge call in the question even the credibility of PBS's coverage of the news.
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Patrick, NY
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... Impossible to trust media
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September 17,2003
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Impossible to trust media when it is so clearly beholden to corporate interests. Especially now that media ownership is so deregulated. Its a mess.
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Linda, CA
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... liberal ranting
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September 17,2003
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I was initially intrigued by the billing of Bryant Gumbel giving an unbiased look at US media. After only a few minutes I was completely disgusted! It was nothing of the kind. It was a liberal ranting defending their anti-public, anti-USA, ultra liberal propaganda. Tom Brokaw was pathetic and sickening. He really needs to return to Canada. I do not trust any of the three major networks or their cable subisidiaries nor do I take anything PBS spouts out as fact either. I find I have to watch and read several "news" sources to get a somewhat decent picture of an item. The state of our media is reprehensible. Bryant Gumble and his endless que of liberal anti-US, biased pundants last night is the epitome of what's wrong with the media. As a tax-payer, I am ferious my tax dollars are supporting a station like PBS. As long as PBS continues to produce such biased, politically motivated tripe all public funding should absolutely stop! We can go to ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC, etc to get that kin
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Christina, OH
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... disappointed ...
September 17,2003
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I was disappointed that this program ignored probing dubious media practices, such as the over reliance on unnamed sources, the unfettered use of which allowed “New York Times” reporter, Jayson Blair, to cover his fabrications.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/media/jan-june03/blair2_05-12.html
he program also ignored the frequent mixing of editorializing & news reporting (or mixing subjective opinion with facts), a practice abused by Stephen Glass of the “New Republic”:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/05/07/60minutes/main552819.shtml
“... ‘I would tell a story, and there would be fact A, which maybe was true. And then there would be fact B, which was sort of partially true and partially fabricated. And there would be fact C which was more fabricated and almost not true,’ says Glass....”
&, to a lesser, extent, by Rod Nordland of “Newsweek,” who apparently felt no compunction to actually interview witnesses in order to substantiate his conclusions:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/july-dec03/embassy_8-7.html#
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“...I don't think anybody really tried to interview them and ask them why they had this attitude toward the Jordanians. It was just... it was just kind of mysterious and spontaneous....”
This Flashpoints program also ignored any ethical debate about the protection of sources, such as whether to name & shame said sources & potentially place them into legal jeopardy by their superiors, as ABC reporters did with enlisted personnel in Iraq:
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/wnt/World/iraq030716_2ndBrigade.html
versus journalists who go to jail to avoid revealing the names of their sources:
http://www.rcfp.org/jail.html
There were a multitude of potentially thought provoking stories into which this program could have delved but decided to remain silent. Perhaps, ironically, this program illustrated the effect of editors & producers in censoring the news by deciding which stories will be broadcast & which will be buried.
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Chris Elli, MI
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... "News" has become "show business"
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September 17,2003
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The current state of television news is demonstrated by the choice to locate the Flashpoints discussion on Broadway. "News" has become "show business", and glitz and glamour are seen as necessary ingredients to attract and maintain the public's attention.
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Paul, TN
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... most journalists have honest
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September 17,2003
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I believe most journalists have honest intentions. I question the motives of the editors and publishers, however.
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Judy, IL
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... media seems to be a parrot
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September 17,2003
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I do not have much faith in our news outlets. I think the best is NPR and even they have some drawbacks.
I watch BBC news on our local educational channel and get a different perspective than our newsprograms (which I refer to as body bag news) I try to get many different perspectives, I read the L.A. Times, The New York Times, The Gaurdian, MS., Mother Jones and In These Times. It takes time but I usually get a better picture of what is happening in our country and the world.
Our regular media seems to be a parrot for the powers that be.
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Lois, MD
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... insult my intelligence
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September 17,2003
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The news media continually insult my intelligence everyday!
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Lois, MD
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... has become "irrelevant ...
September 17,2003
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The news media in this country has become "irrelevant".- a term once reserved for the United Nations. The news media is a complete joke, so when I hear about the prestigious awards this industry present to each other - it is such a joke!!!
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, PA
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... PBS for News
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September 17,2003
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That's why I prefer to watch PBS for News and in depth coverage. However, they do not fully cover all the stories. We need more and not from BBC.
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