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FILENAME:	2910_1257_1132
TOPIC#:		349
DATE:		910518
TRANSCRIBER:	GL
UTT_CODER:      MMAB
DIFFICULTY:	3
TOPICALITY:	1
NATURALNESS:	1
ECHO_FROM_B:	1
ECHO_FROM_A:	1
STATIC_ON_A:	1
STATIC_ON_B:	1
BACKGROUND_A:	1
BACKGROUND_B:	1
REMARKS:        Speaker A noted as one who speaks first individually.  
Both speakers talk over each other a lot.  Speaker A talks very fast.

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sd          B.1 utt1:  I think I get most of my news, {F uh, } in headlines from the radio,  /
sd          B.1 utt2: {C and then } I follow-up by reading the newspaper and news magazines about things that attract my attention. /  

sd          A.2 utt1:  {D Well, } [ I, + I ] do about the same, I guess, but in a different fashion.  /
sd          A.2 utt2: [ [ I, + I, ] + I'm ] from New York originally  /
sd          A.2 utt3: {C and now }  that I live in Florida, - /
sd          A.2 utt4: I live in the Florida  in the winter and then go back up north [ in the, + in the ] summertime -- /  

b          B.3 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          A.4 utt1:  -- {C and } [ I, + I ] feel that [ the, + the ] only legitimate paper <laughter>, although it might sound,   

x          B.5 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

+          A.6 utt1:  a little elitist is the NEW YORK TIMES.  /
sd          A.6 utt2:  I've always read the NEW YORK TIMES when I was younger,  /
%          A.6 utt3: {C and }  I try t-, - /
sd          A.6 utt4: now that it has a national edition, I read that.  /
sd          A.6 utt5: [ [ [ I also read, + {F uh, }  I, ] + I, ] + I ] guess I do watch, {F uh, } MCNEIL LEHRER on P B S --   

b          B.7 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.8 utt1:  -- because [ I, + I ] lean to that coverage,  /
%          A.8 utt2: [ {C and, } +  {C and } ] # I guess I'm  ((   )) , # -/  

sd          B.9 utt1:  # I like them #  /
sv          B.9 utt2: {C but } they take so long.  /
sd          B.9 utt3:  I don't always --   

b          A.10 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.11 utt1:  -- have time <laughter>. /  

%          A.12 utt1:  {D Well, }  (( there )) - /
sd          A.12 utt2: , it's a whole hour show.  /
sd          A.12 utt3:  {D Actually, } it's an hour show each evening,  /
sd          A.12 utt4: [ {C and, } + {C and, } ]  [ we, + we ] turn it on when we start dinner.  /
sd          A.12 utt5:  We seem to start dinner around six and finish it up. /  

b          B.13 utt1: Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.14 utt1:  I find that I'm leaning on, {F uh, } - /
sd          A.14 utt2: I travel a great deal, {F uh, } even overseas,  /
sd          A.14 utt3: {C and } I find that I lean on, {F uh, } C N N quite a bit for concise and quick stuff.  /
sd          A.14 utt4: {C And, }  [ [ I'm, + I, ] + I'm ] quite satisfied with the way they put it out.  /
sd          A.14 utt5: {E I mean, } [ I, + I ] don't believe everything they say,  /
sv          A.14 utt6: {C but } [ it's, + it's ] coverage, {D you know. } /  

aa          B.15 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv          B.15 utt2: I think C N N does a pretty good job.  /
sd          B.15 utt3:  I had not watched them very much except when I was abroad,   

b          A.16 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.17 utt1:  until the Gulf War. /  

b          A.18 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sv          B.19 utt1:  {C And } they seemed to have the best coverage.  /
sv          B.19 utt2: They had more information sooner than,   

b          A.20 utt1:  {F Uh. } /  

+          B.21 utt1:  most of the other networks. /  

aa          A.22 utt1:  {D Well, } yeah,  /
%          A.22 utt2: [ [ I, + I, ] + I, ] {F uh, } - /
sd          A.22 utt3: Peter Arnet was reporting direct from, {F uh, } Iraq.  /
sv          A.22 utt4: I think --   

b          B.23 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.24 utt1:  -- this is scandalous the way everybody's picking on him.  /
sv          A.24 utt2:  [ I, + I ] think [ that what he, + he reported what he ] saw -- /  

b          B.25 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sv          A.26 utt1:  -- {C and } if you didn't like it, that was just too bad, {D you know. } /  

sv          B.27 utt1:  {D Well, } {F uh, } I know that the coverage he was allowed to present was slanted,  /
sd          B.27 utt2: {C but } I think they said that frequently # enough. #    

b          A.28 utt1:  # Yeah #  /
b^r          A.28 utt2: , {F oh, } yeah,  /
%          A.28 utt3: # {E I mean, } {F uh. } # -/  

+          B.29 utt1:  # That, {F uh, } you # shouldn't criticize the man --   

aa          A.30 utt1:  No. /  

+          B.31 utt1:  -- for giving us one perspective.  /
%          B.31 utt2: {F Uh, } /  

aa          A.32 utt1:  [ That, + that's ] right, I think so.  /
sd          A.32 utt2: [ {C And, } + {C and } ] I guess when it comes [ to, + {F um, } to ] magazines, I don't read,  /
sd          A.32 utt3: I used to when I was younger,  /
sd          A.32 utt4: I subscribed to TIME and U S NEWS AND WORLD REPORT.  /
sd          A.32 utt5: [ I, + I ] have seemed to slide away from that and  rely more on the local paper  /
sd          A.32 utt6: {C or, } [ [ I, + I, ] + I ] also subscribe to something called WORLD PRESS, which is --   

b          B.33 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.34 utt1:  -- a magazine that only talks about other, [ ex-, + excerpts ] from the WORLD PRESS,  /
sd          A.34 utt2: which sort of gives you a different slant, than, - /
sd          A.34 utt3: it's not as slanted as the NEW YORK TIMES or as biased perhaps as the local paper. /  

b          B.35 utt1:  Yeah. /  

%          A.36 utt1:  {C But, }  {F uh, } that I guess, and the radio. - /
sd          A.36 utt2: {F Uh, } I listen to P B S radio a lot  /
sd          A.36 utt3: {C and } I also listen to, {F uh, } these twenty-four hour news stations, when I'm driving.  /
%          A.36 utt4: I, -/  

b          B.37 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          B.37 utt2: we have a C B S twenty-four hour station --   

b          A.38 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.39 utt1:  -- that I listen to on the way to and from work  /
%          B.39 utt2: {C and, } -/  

qy          A.40 utt1:   Do you read, - /
qr          A.40 utt2: are you from Southern or Northern California? /  

sd          B.41 utt1:  Northern.  /
sd          B.41 utt2: I'm from, {F uh, }   

%          A.42 utt1:   (( {D So } ))  {D well, } -/  

+          B.43 utt1:  the peninsula, /  

b          A.44 utt1:  Yeah,  /
qw          A.44 utt2: [ is that, +   

sd          B.45 utt1:  Palo Alto. /  

+          A.46 utt1:  what is that, ]  /
qy          A.46 utt2: the San Francisco paper out there is, {F uh, }    

%          B.47 utt1:  # {D Well, } # -/  

+          A.48 utt1:  # the major paper? # /  

sv          B.49 utt1:  it's horrible. /  

aa          A.50 utt1:  Yeah, #  /
ba          A.50 utt2: {C and } that's a terrible paper. # /  

sv          B.51 utt1:  # The San Francisco # paper is just wretched. /  

x          A.52 utt1:  <Cough>.   

sd          B.53 utt1:  {C So } I subscribe to the SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS. /  

qy          A.54 utt1:  # Is that pretty good? # /  

^h          B.55 utt1:  # Palo Alto is # about midway between.  /
nd          B.55 utt2:  {D Well } it's a whole lot better than that San Francisco # paper  /
%          B.55 utt3: {C and, }  # -/  

qy^g          A.56 utt1:  # {F Oh } [ the, + what is that, # the ] CHRONICLE  isn't it? /  

ny          B.57 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd^e          B.57 utt2: there's the CHRONICLE,    

bk          A.58 utt1:  Oh. /  

+          B.59 utt1:  and the EXAMINER,  /
sd          B.59 utt2: {C but } they're, {F uh, } both run by the same peo-, /  

b          A.60 utt1:  {F Oh } yeah,  /
sd          A.60 utt2: [ they ju-, + they really ] are probably the worse papers I've ever read.  /
%          A.60 utt3:  I, {F uh, } {F uh, } -/  

sv          B.61 utt1:  They're just horrid -- /  

b          A.62 utt1:  # Yeah. # /  

%          B.63 utt1:  -- # {C so } we read, # -/  

qy          A.64 utt1:  {D Well, } can you get the L A paper up there?  /
qy^g          A.64 utt2: That's a pretty decent paper isn't it  /
%        A.64 utt3: {C or, } -/  

na          B.65 utt1:  {F Uh, } we can,  /
sd          B.65 utt2: {C but } I don't like it. /  

b          A.66 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.67 utt1:  {C So } we subscribe to the NEW YORK TIMES --   

b          A.68 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.69 utt1:  -- and the WALL STREET JOURNAL --    

b          A.70 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.71 utt1:  -- and {F uh, } # MERCURY NEWS. # /  

sd          A.72 utt1:  # {D Well } that's # another one I read,  /
sd          A.72 utt2: I forgot that.  /
sd          A.72 utt3: I read the WALL STREET JOURNAL,  /
sd          A.72 utt4: not as in depth as I used to, because [ they, + their  ] articles seem to be getting even longer and longer  /
%          A.72 utt5: {C but, } -/  

b          B.73 utt1:  Yes,  /
sd          B.73 utt2: {D well } again, I read that, {F uh, }    

b          A.74 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.75 utt1:  two # columns on the front. # /  

aa          A.76 utt1:  # [ [ I, + I think I, ] + I ] agree with # you that the problem seems to be they don't have enough time to do all the stuff.  /
sd          A.76 utt2:  I feel pretty well versed [ in, + in ] what I'm doing because [ I, + I ] do spend more time on that than I do, say, on sports, [ or -- + ]     

b          B.77 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.78 utt1:  -- although I watch that,  /
sd          A.78 utt2: I spend a lot of time reading about these things.  /
sd          A.78 utt3: I'm quite interested.  /
sd          A.78 utt4: I find it very exciting [ to, + for ] the coverage we have now, today. /  

aa          B.79 utt1:  Yes  /
sv          B.79 utt2: {C and } I think we do get pretty good coverage.  /
sv          B.79 utt3:  I don't feel that the American people is being shortchanged by [ the, + {F uh, } the ] news coverage. /  

sv          A.80 utt1:  If anything, [ they, + I # think they ] list-, # -/  

sv          B.81 utt1:  # We almost have # too much. /  

h          A.82 utt1:  {D Well, } I don't know,  /
sd          A.82 utt2: [ I, + I ] hear a lot of criticism about listening to these, the Dan Rathers of the world [ [ and, + and listen-, ] + and taking ] their word for it, {C or } their comment,  /
sv          A.82 utt3: {D actually, } [ they, + I think they ] slant things  /
%          A.82 utt4: {C but, } -/  

sd          B.83 utt1:  {D Well, } I cannot stand Dan Rather. /  

x          A.84 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

sd          B.85 utt1:  I remember him when he was a local newscaster in Houston. /  

ba          A.86 utt1:  No kidding!  /
ba          A.86 utt2:  {F Oh, } wow! /  

sd          B.87 utt1:  {C And } I hated him then. /  

sd          A.88 utt1:  I didn't know that.  /
bh          A.88 utt2: Yeah? /  

sd          B.89 utt1:  {C And } I would not watch that man for money. /  

b          A.90 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.91 utt1:  {C And } he and Barbara Walters just really turn my stomach. /  

b          A.92 utt1:  Yeah,  /
%          A.92 utt2: [ was, + # was ] he, # -/  

sd          B.93 utt1:  # {C So } I # watch Peter Jennings, [ and, + {F uh } --   

b          A.94 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.95 utt1:  -- and ] Tom Brokaw.  # Sort of alternately. # /  

qo          A.96 utt1:  # How do you feel # about it?  /
sd          A.96 utt2:  I guess [ I, + I ] got to say, [ if that's the subject, + if the subject is ] do I feel that we're well enough equipped to, - /
h          A.96 utt3: I don't know  /
sd          A.96 utt4: [ if, + if ] it said that. I feel I'm well enough equipped. /  

qy          B.97 utt1:  Do we get enough news or something like # that? # /  

ny          A.98 utt1:  # Yeah.  /
%          A.98 utt2: #  To, -/  

qy          B.99 utt1:  [ Do we get, {F uh } -- +   

b          A.100 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.101 utt1:  -- do we get ] the news that we want?  /
sv          B.101 utt2:  {C And } I do.  /
sv          B.101 utt3: # I really think. # -/  

ny          A.102 utt1:  # Yeah,  /
sd^e          A.102 utt2: I think # I do too.   /
sv          A.102 utt3: I think [ [ you have to let, + yo-, ] + you got to segregate ] some of it. /  

b          B.103 utt1:  Yeah. /  

fc          A.104 utt1:  {D Well, } that's about all I have to say <laughter>. /  

fc          B.105 utt1:  Okay,  /
fc          B.105 utt2: {D well } nice to talk to you. /  

fc^m          A.106 utt1:  Nice talking to you.  /
fc          A.106 utt2:  # Bye-bye. # /  

fc^m          B.107 utt1:  # Bye-bye. # / 
