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To: LindyBill who wrote (86236)	11/15/2004 9:15:39 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793955

I guess the new NYT motto will be "through darkest Jesusland with whip and gun." NYT's Keller: "We have made a concrete effort, for a while, to make sure we are doing the America stories as well as the urban stories." MEDIA WATCH - USA TODAY Media soul-searching after Bush's victory In his 60 Minutes commentary after President Bush was re-elected, CBS' Andy Rooney poked some fun at the media: "I know a lot of you believe that most people in the news business are liberal. Let me tell you, I know a lot of them, and they were almost evenly divided this time: Half of them liked Sen. Kerry, the other half hated President Bush." Rooney was joking, but it's no secret that many people in the national media, perhaps a bit too willingly, believed preliminary exit polls that showed John Kerry was headed to the White House. But when Bush subsequently won — and religion and morality ranked high among concerns of voters — it set off a chain of soul-searching in big-city newsrooms, especially in the media epicenter, New York. Newspeople began questioning whether they're out of touch with the heartland, a point many columnists concluded was obvious. There was lots of " 'Why was I inclined to believe those exit polls?' " says New York Times editor Bill Keller. ABC News executive Paul Slavin says, "We have talked about this endlessly since the election." But now that the dust has settled, they and others in the national media think their troops generally did a good job reflecting what's on the mind of the voters. Cable news grows Fox News and the Internet are among top sources of campaign news for many Americans. People who said their main sources of news were: TV sources Fox News: 21% CNN: 15% NBC: 13% ABC: 11% CBS: 9% MSNBC: 6% CNBC: 2% Other sources Newspapers: 46% Radio: 22% Internet: 21% Magazines: 6% Source: Pew Research Center; phone survey of 1,200 voters Nov. 5-8; respondents could choose two. "I don't think we missed America by that much," says MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann. "It was a huge-volume election that didn't turn overwhelmingly one way or another, which was what we said was going to happen. There were some nuances, but I don't think we missed that much." That said, the outcome of this election has gotten newspeople thinking about new themes. "In every newsroom in every big city, people get myopic. They have to be constantly reminded that the issues here are not the same as they are for my dad who hangs out at a diner in Florida or for my sister who is in New Mexico," says NBC Today producer Tom Touchet. Touchet says he's "not changing anything," but it might be time to focus more on how united, not divided, America is. "It seems to me it should be more red, white and blue instead of just red and blue." Slavin says the "whole flap about morality was blown out of proportion by the media. It was self-flagellation that the media do after every big event. We're always looking for lessons learned and 'can it be codified into a single overarching concept?' The answer is no, but was there interesting stuff that came out of this election? Yes." Such as? ABC News has always focused on religion, having a full-time religion reporter until a few years ago. This election, Slavin says, "reminded us that we need to look in on it again." Keller says the Times will devote more attention to how demographic shifts have affected Plains states. Reopening the Kansas City bureau is an option, and Keller wants to see more "simple snapshots that reflect the cultural diversity of the country." As for the old knock against the media (that they are liberal), Keller says that in the Times' case, there may be some truth to it. "Traditionally, because our origins are urban, urban cultural liberals tend to come across (in coverage) as more three-dimensional than conservatives or suburban Republicans," he says. "But we have made a concrete effort, for a while, to make sure we are doing the America stories as well as the urban stories." Fox, Internet grow in '04 Fox News and the Internet emerged as new leading sources for election news, finds a Pew Research Center post-election study of 1,209 voters. Overall, 21% say they got most of their election news from Fox, compared with 15% for CNN and 13% from NBC. Those who cite the Internet as a main source of campaign news rose to 21% from 11% in 2000 and 3% in 1996. Those who say they got any campaign news online rose to 41% from 30% in 2000. Voters are increasingly troubled by what they see as unfair treatment of the candidates. This year, 40% of voters thought Bush was treated unfairly, up from 30% in 2000; 31% said Kerry was treated unfairly, up from 24% who faulted Al Gore's coverage in 2000. Find this article at: usatoday.com

To: LindyBill who wrote (86236)	11/15/2004 10:12:28 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793955

I don't like this "family" approach we have where people can bring in the old folks. That's the problem I was addressing a few days ago--the issue of birthright citizenship. Changing the policy on family unification as a basis for entry is a simpler solution than changing citizenship criteria. I think that any scenario that encourages a single citizen to bring in the whole clan is problematic. I suggested not making that illegal birth a right of citizenship. Your alternative, no longer favoring the extended families of that one citizen, addresses the same problem. Neither is likely to be implemented.

To: LindyBill who wrote (86236)	11/15/2004 10:13:38 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793955

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Colin Powell announced his resignation to his staff during their Monday morning meeting, a State Department source told FOX News. President Bush is expected to make the official announcement. The source suggested that Powell is likely to stay in place until a replacement is confirmed. Several people have been named as a replacement, including Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice. FOX News contributor and former ambassador Mark Ginsberg said Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz may also want the job, but could face trouble getting confirmed because of the troubles in Iraq that he takes the blame for. Sen. Richard Lugar, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is also a darkhorse for the job, Ginsberg said. The news comes as Reuters reports that Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham is also leaving his department, and will stay in place until his replacement is decided.