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FILENAME:	4082_1534_1547
TOPIC#:		349
DATE:		920307
TRANSCRIBER:	SS
UTT_CODER:	TC
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sd          A.1 utt1: {F Uh, } I get most of my news {F uh, } from newspapers really.  /
sd          A.1 utt2: I read the daily newspaper, {F uh, } the HOUSTON CHRONICLE  /
sd          A.1 utt3: {C and } sometimes I'll read {D like } the, {F uh, } WALL STREET or the NEW YORK TIMES.  /
sd          A.1 utt4: I don't subscribe to either,  /
sd          A.1 utt5: {C but } sometimes I get a hold of copies of it.  /
qo          A.1 utt6: {F Uh, } how about you?  /
qr          A.1 utt7: Do you, {F uh, } mostly --   

ny          @B.2 utt1:  Yes. /  

+          A.3 utt1:  -- get things from T V  or (( )). /  

sd          B.4 utt1: I actually get most of my news coverage off {F uh, } computer networks.  /
sd          B.4 utt2: However, I do also watch television news, {F uh, } usually in the morning once a day  /
sd          B.4 utt3: {C and } I read the front page of the WALL STREET JOURNAL --   

b          A.5 utt1:  Oh. /  

+          B.6 utt1:  -- most every day. /  

sv          A.7 utt1: {F Oh } that's interesting.  /
sd          A.7 utt2: You said computer networks.  /
qw          A.7 utt3: {F Uh, } [ what, + {F uh, } what ] sort.  /
sd          A.7 utt4: # I am fairly knowledgeable of (( )) <<very faint>>. # -/  

sd          B.8 utt1: # {F Uh } [ {D well, } + {D well } ] DOW JONES for example [ have the, + cause the ] # --   

bk          A.9 utt1: {F Uh, } okay.  /
sv          A.9 utt2: That's interesting. /  

+          B.10 utt1: -- {F uh, } news wire - /
sd          B.10 utt2: {C and } it's picked up and actually available, {F uh, } at my office,  /
sd          B.10 utt3: {C so, } it's, no fee, or subscription either to read at my leisure  /
sd          B.10 utt4: {C and } it's sort of by category.  /
sd          B.10 utt5: For example --   

b          A.11 utt1:  Oh.  /
%          A.11 utt2:  I-, <noise> -- -/  

+          B.12 utt1:  -- so I can read a certain business or topics. /  

qy          A.13 utt1:  -- [ is it, +   

x          B.14 utt1:  <Inhaling>.   

+          A.15 utt1: is it ] the A P news wire  /
qrr          A.15 utt2: {C or } is it something that is, {F uh, } a little bit different from that? /  

sd          B.16 utt1: {D Well, } {F uh, } it's similar to that,  /
sd          B.16 utt2: {C but } it's DOW JONES, <noise> which is, {F uh, } the WALL STREET JOURNALS news wire. /  

bk          A.17 utt1: {F Uh, } okay.  /
sv          A.17 utt2: {C So, } [ that's + that's ] interesting.  /
bk          A.17 utt3: Okay.  /
%          A.17 utt4: Yeah,  /
sd          A.17 utt5: [ I've had, + I had ] access in the past to, {F uh, } <noise> {F uh, } the A P news wire  /
sv          A.17 utt6: {C and } I thought [ that was + that was ] [ pretty + a pretty ] good way to get news.  /
sd          A.17 utt7: {F Uh, } I've never used the DOW JONES news wire  /
%          A.17 utt8: {C but, } {F uh, } - /
%          A.17 utt9: yeah  /
%          A.17 utt10: it, {F uh, } - /
qy          A.17 utt11: [ do you get any, + {F uh, } do you read any ] news magazines or anything like that for sort of {D like } a broader, {D like } more long term analytical sort of approach? /  

ng          B.18 utt1: {F Uh, } {D well } actually not.  /
sd          B.18 utt2: {F Uh, } I do, {F uh, } follow, {F uh, } {F uh, } {F uh, } - /
sd          B.18 utt3: I don't know [ how to + how to ] describe it <noise>  /
sd          B.18 utt4: {C so } I'll say a religious newspaper [ which, + which ] talks about issues that are relevant to me in a more broad sense.  /
sd          B.18 utt5: It's a weekly --    

b          A.19 utt1:  Yeah <noise>. /  

+          B.20 utt1: -- [ but, + {F uh, } but ] [ not, + {F uh, } not ] like BUSINESS WEEK or NEWS WEEK or one of those kinds of things.  /
sv          B.20 utt2: I'd like to say [ that + however, {F uh, } that ] I'm overwhelmingly disappointed with the media in general except for the raw news wires <noise>. /  

qw          A.21 utt1: In what way?  /
qr          A.21 utt2: [ In {D like, } + in sort of {D like, } ] {F uh, } [ qual-, + {F uh, } quality ] or sort of an orientation in terms of {D like, } view point or the way the news is presented or whatever? /  

sv          B.22 utt1: <Inhaling> {F Uh, } [ I think that it, + I think that it ] has to do with, {F uh, } - /
h          B.22 utt2: I personally think, {F uh, } - /
sv          B.22 utt3: [ I, + I ] have a problem with their viewpoint  /
sv          B.22 utt4: {C and } I personally think [ [ that, {F uh, } ther-, -- +   

b          A.23 utt1: # Yeah.  /
sv          A.23 utt2: {D Well } you won't offend me.  /
ad          A.23 utt3: {C So } go ahead and say <laughter>. # /  

+          B.24 utt1: -- # that there's a strong bia-, ] + there's a strong bias ] # in the media. /  

b          A.25 utt1: Yeah.  /
bf          A.25 utt2: Like a liberal type of bias. /  

aa          B.26 utt1: Yeah.  /
aa          B.26 utt2: Absolutely.  /
qh          B.26 utt3: {F Uh, } after all, [ who, + who ] writes.  /
sd          B.26 utt4: People who are journalist who are trained to write  /
sv          B.26 utt5: {C and } [ they're, + that's ] [ a liberal, + {F uh, } a liberal field ] --   

b          A.27 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.28 utt1: -- at least from academia  /
sd          B.28 utt2: {C and, } {F uh, } the other thing that I always notice is that whenever they write about something that I'm an expert in, I find their descriptions to be wrong -- /  

b          A.29 utt1:  Yeah.  /
b^r          A.29 utt2:  Yeah. /  

%          B.30 utt1:  -- {C and } it, -/  

sv          A.31 utt1: [ They, + they ] generally make mistake on anything technical at least <<sounds like>>. /  

aa          B.32 utt1: That's right.  /
aap          B.32 utt2: {D Well, } even if it's not technical. If it's, {F uh, } some social thing or whatever. It doesn't matter.  /
sv          B.32 utt3: If I am an expert in it, they usually make mistakes which makes me [ believe + think ] I'm not expert in it.  /
sv          B.32 utt4: They're telling me lies. /  

b          A.33 utt1: Yeah.  /
b^r          A.33 utt2: Yeah.  /
qy          A.33 utt3: [ Do you, + by mistakes, do you ] mean just like honest mistakes  /
qrr          A.33 utt4: {C or } do you think they are deliberate sorts of things? /  

sv          B.34 utt1: {F Uh, } I think both.  /
sd          B.34 utt2: {F Uh, } by deliberate [ I, + {F uh, } I ] mean [ mistake, + mistakes ] of omission [ or, + {F uh, } <noise> or, ] {F uh, } biased toward [ a particular view point + --   

b          A.35 utt1:  Yeah.  /
b^r          A.35 utt2:  Yeah. /  

+          B.36 utt1:  -- a particular liberal --    

b^r          A.37 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.38 utt1:  -- view point ] that they have. /  

b^r          A.39 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.40 utt1: {D So, } {F uh, } {F uh, } to give you an example, {F uh, } we will go out of the printing media.  /
sv          B.40 utt2: I know of cases where, {F uh, } we have one television media where they will show <noise> clippings from one event and describe another event but, with [ the + the ] attempt to give you the impression that what they're talking about is the same thing they are showing you.   

%          A.41 utt1:  {F Huh. } /  

+          B.42 utt1:  Which is sort of like a deliberate bias.    

ba          A.43 utt1:  {F Huh. }  That's disturbing. /  

+          B.44 utt1: [ Which is + which is ] rather disturbing.  /
sd          B.44 utt2: # {E I mean } he does that. # /  

sd          A.45 utt1: # I haven't # really noticed them doing that,  /
h          A.45 utt2:  {C but } whatever,  /
sd          A.45 utt3: again I  don't watch T V news that much now.  /
sd          A.45 utt4: If I had access to C N N, I would watch T V news more.  /
sd          A.45 utt5: {F Uh, } [ I don't + {D you know, } {C but } I don't ] usually. /  

b          B.46 utt1: Yeah,  /
sd          B.46 utt2: I don't have access either. Although, I did at one time  /
%          B.46 utt3: {C and } it was, - /
sd          B.46 utt4: I did during the Gulf War <noise>  /
sv          B.46 utt5: {C and } it was addictive.  /  

b          A.47 utt1: Yeah.  /
qy          A.47 utt2: [ Did you, + did you ] think that [ C N N, + {D well, } the Gulf War coverage ] would be kind of, {F uh, } an abnormality?  /
h          A.47 utt3: I just wonde-, I guess.  /
qw^d          A.47 utt4: <noise> I would be curious to know what you thought as to how {D like } {D say } C N N T V news compared to the three networks.  /
qy^d          A.47 utt5: {F Uh, } {D you know } whether you thought it was more of a biased or whatever  /
sv          A.47 utt6: {C but } [ I, + I ] guess you wouldn't.  /
sv          A.47 utt7: You probably, - /
sv          A.47 utt8: if you just watched it during the Gulf War, that probably [ wouldn't + wouldn't ] tell you much. /  

b          B.48 utt1: Yeah,  /
sv          B.48 utt2: {D well } during that small sample, I would think that everyone was [ just about, + just about ] the same, except the three networks, (( )) radio television programming. /  

b          A.49 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.50 utt1: {C So, } if at a particular time, you wanted to get the latest and greatest news --   

b          A.51 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.52 utt1: -- you could do that by, {F uh, } turning on C N N  /
%          B.52 utt2: {C and } you, -/ 
