Cops, Courts, Crooks
15-Oct-87 12:03:52
Sb: #89230-Cops, Courts, Crooks
Fm: Marlene Zenker 76406,25
To: Don Curtis/SYSOP 76703,4321
Don, I wouldn't want to take away freedom of the press either – it is a
necessary evil. What I do resent strongly is that the network news has become
an entertainment, money making monster that no longer is concerned about
informing people but with ratings. A prime example is a typical 10PM 1 minute
news update that goes something like – "Another over the counter drug found to
be laced with cyanide, story at eleven" Boy are they doing us a service! How
many people will purchase or take that drug between 10 and 11? Is their job to
report the damn news or entice us to watch them joke around with each other?
Just another thing to drive me crazy!
Marlene