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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Give it a rest, Mr. Lohrmann –<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Even Fox admits that they are a right wing
media service.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Tom “a day’s drive from the
right side of the aisle” Hansen<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> vision2020-bounces@moscow.com
[mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Tim Lohrmann<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, August 21, 2004
8:29 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Tbertruss@aol.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">vision2020@moscow.com</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vision2020] Public
vs. Private Sector News</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Ted,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> I'm not a Fox News Fan either--mainly because
the topics they choose to cover are ratings driven and because of the shallow
coverage of what is newsworthy. My point is that concentration of media
ownership--private or public-- is a bad thing.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> And monopolies are bad whether the monopolizer is
FOX, AOLTIMEWARNERCNN, or PBS/NPR.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> I've got no problem with the existence of government
owned media, I've just got no illusions that they're unbiased just because the
govt. owns them.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> You contend that the media sensationalism is
to blame for your perception that Sandy Berger's supposed exoneration not being
covered to the same extent as the allegations against him.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> First of all, I've got news---most people have
never even heard of Sandy Berger, know who he is, or have heard of any stories
involving him. My point about sensationalism was that stories involving a
person who is to most an obscure individual about whom they have little or no
interest doing something with documents just don't cut it. Sensationalism needs
blood, sex, stuff like that--stuff like the ad nauseum coverage of the Scott
Peterson murder trial, Michael Jackson, the SLC murder.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> As for your getting all worked up that only a few stories
were written about Berger being cleared of wrongdoing, perhaps this was because
most media outlets didn't think anyone really gave a whit about the story
anymore and probably never did.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> In any event and rightly or wrongly, it's a long-time tradition
that retractions/corrections are printed on interior pages even if lead stories
are being corrected. This isn't a recent development in newspaper coverage and
the situation with Berger is analagous. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> Or maybe they thought it was premature to print the story--after
all printing that a <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Clinton</st1:place></st1:City>
official who admittedly took documents and reportedly stuck them in his socks
and other clothing is cleared of wrongdoing is pretty incredible. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> Best, TL<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <br>
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<b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Tbertruss@aol.com</span></i></b>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Tim et. al.<br>
<br>
This is really a hoot!<br>
<br>
I'll get up on any side of the bed you want if you will just read the dang nam
Wall Street Journal article on Sandy Berger's "exoneration."
Then we can discuss this issue reasonably. If you refuse to at least
respond to my previous post exhorting you to "Do Your Home Work,"
which contains some detailed info from that article, I can only conclude you
are not debating sincerely, and I am wasting my time.<br>
<br>
If you think the Wall Street Journal is full of it on this issue, fine, tell me
why! But you have not made reference to the specific content of this
article regarding the evidence it offers that contradicts your statements about
the Berger investigation of document theft.<br>
<br>
As for you finding it amusing that ! I suggest that democratic government is
supposed to represent the people, including government funded media, I gave an
example in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s
CBC of government funded media that I think is an excellent news source.
No, I don't think the CBC represents Big Brother. I think FOX news is
much closer to that, and it is "private sector." Why could
totalitarian control not come from the corporate "private sector"
agenda?<br>
<br>
Can you respond to this contrast I just made between FOX news and the
CBC? Perhaps this will offer a clue as to what bias you have towards public
funded news vs. private sector news, if you do have a bias one way or the
other.<br>
<br>
I do not have an a priori bias one way or the other. Depending on the
circumstances, I rely on both private and public funded news sources. And
I think it healthy in any society to have a balanced mixture of public and
private sector media.<br>
<br>
What do you think of this approach?<br>
<br>
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