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>>Since they are driven by ratings, they have a definite conflict of interest between objective reporting and sensationalism in order to grab better ratings. Keeping personal agendas [e.g., political bias] in check is also a perceived, if not real, problem.
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>Mark;
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>Those words are so true!

Yes, ratings do rule, SADLY.
But equally annoying is the growing propensity to spend valuable 'news' time excerpting an item that 'you can see the whole story' when it appears on tonight's edition of < name the program > and usually are on topics weeks or months old.


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>Tom