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Pastimes : Giving Up on the regular media, Where do you get your NEWS?
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To: Ron who wrote (129)7/31/2003 1:54:30 PM
From: Tadsamillionaire   of 150
 
Misleading viewers
The latest complaint regarding the habit of television news networks describing liberal political lobbyists as typical retirees complaining about the cost of prescription drugs comes from one of the lobbyists herself.
Barbara Kaufman, president of the Minnesota Senior Federation, was featured on ABC's "World News Tonight" on Friday, complaining about the high cost of prescription drugs. But there was no mention of her affiliation with organizations advocating a federal prescription drug entitlement, according to a Media Research Center transcript of the program.
Miss Kaufman calls ABC's decision "misleading."
"I would have preferred it if [ABC News] had ... identified me as the president of the Minnesota Senior Federation because I think that lends more credibility," Miss Kaufman told reporter Marc Morano. His report is posted at www.CNSNews.com.
CNSNews.com first reported on the news networks' habit of portraying politically savvy elderly activists as "typical" victims of high drug costs on July 14.
Another elderly political activist who had already been portrayed several times by CBS News as a typical victim of the high cost of prescription drugs was once again featured on the "CBS Evening News" on Friday, with no mention of her extensive political and lobbying background.
Viola Quirion, an activist with the Alliance for Retired Persons, was identified as a "Maine senior citizen" during Friday's broadcast. It was at least the fourth time Miss Quirion has appeared on CBS News since 1999 without reference to her background.
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