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To: LindyBill who wrote (43849)	5/12/2004 4:06:12 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793698

They never once got a story totally right that I was involved with. That is when I learned not to trust them. I don't trust them either but my distrust is different from yours. I don't trust them to get the story right because they are careless or superficial or stupid or rushed or unprepared, not because they're biased. My first hand experience with reporters is the same as yours. After a while I just quit giving interviews because they never got it right. But my interaction with them wasn't on political matters so bias wasn't a factor. That's why I don't assume bias is necessarily at play when a story isn't right. There are too many other ways for them to screw it up. I know that for a fact. If your experience with them is in the political arena, then I understand why you would assume bias but, if they screw up non-political stories just the same, then you may be barking up the wrong variable.

To: LindyBill who wrote (43849)	5/13/2004 9:51:13 AM
From: Michelino	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793698

"They never once got a story totally right that I was involved with" Me neither. I have good friends and family with decades of press experience. Excellent reporters. They are all tired of my stories about how otherworldly it feels when you have first hand knowledge of an event and then read the clippings the next day. (But still they agree!) The furthest disconnect comes whenever the video media is involved. And when hard science is involved, even Nostradamus is more accurate than your average local news crew. But now that liberal bias thing, that one may be the marketing background blinding you to common sense. Not every byline is pure PR covering a hidden agenda. Not even most.