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Trask, I just sent the following email to CNN.
They just did a survey that showed that in excess of 80% of the respondents believe that the media is filtering the news from Iraq.
My note follows:
Since my office is in my home I turn on CNN while I have lunch. Today the entire time that I ate lunch was consumed by discussions regarding Mr. Bryant.
I have to confess to having never heard of Mr. Bryant prior to this incident and while not wanting to sound insensitive have little interest in either Mr. Bryant or his legal problems.
I cannot help but note the difference in programming between CNN in the US and the International Edition which I watch regularly in Europe. The International Edition is much more focused on “real” news stories and less so on ones that I would characterize as “sensational reports”, i.e. Mr. Bryant, Mr. Peterson et al.
Differentiate yourselves from your “newtainment” (my word) colleagues and report on the real news.
I suggest the results of your filtering poll might change in your favor if your time were spent on objective reporting of the real news issues.
-Dave