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It is time Freepers remember that CNN called FLORIDA FOR GORE BEFORE THE POLLS were closed in 2000. Now with the CBS scandal, maybe it is time to write Congress, perhaps even call the FBI "on election influencing" by improper reporting -- targeting conservatives. Certainly Fox News is gaining viewers. And it is probably the opinion of most Freepers that ABC, CBS, CNN, and NBC, as well as the Washington Post, New York Times, and Los Angeles Times are not "lovers of Freedom and Justice" unless it is for some wacko liberal cause. Maybe we should target both CNN and...

Ok, I have a question to all here in the forum. What is the big deal with the news coverage of the disappearance of Laci Peterson. I don't mean to come across as callous or unfeeling. Because I do feel for the family and such. And I fear that she is long dead. However, here's my point. What is it that makes this case so important that it literally dominates the news. I can't go 30 minutes on Fox without a freeking update on Laci. Sheesh enough already. Is it that news is slow and this is the best they...

NBC's War Stories: Did it bother anyone else but me? I taped this TV show Wednesday night and did not view it until late this evening. It is about the print & cable news war correspondents of today. And in many ways it hit home big-time! NBC Tag: Wednesday, January 29th 8/7pm War Stories Civil war has broken out in Uzbekistan and journalists from around the world have gathered to cover this latest global hot spot. Jeff Goldblum stars as a veteran newspaper reporter forced to guide his new photographer through the madness. The lead print guy, Goldblum, is the...

A documentary perspective of the news industry is the topic of "Fear and Favor in the Newsroom" recently replayed on World Link TV, A DISH Satellite TV public channel. The program is fairly informative and the channel located in the far end spectrum associated with televised secondary education programming. The perspective of the program tends to be left to far left in its projected implications, although spoken as though only the left is a neutral reporting position. The program was made circa 1996. No criticism is rendered to left leaning reporting, but repetitive slants against programs such as McNeil-Lehrer Newshour...