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FILENAME:	4072_1522_1531
TOPIC#:		349
DATE:		920305
TRANSCRIBER:	SS
UTT_CODER:	mlg
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:  	Both speakers were a bit difficult to understand and
there was noise that was not clarifiable.        

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 o         A.1 utt1:  Okay.  /
 qw         A.1 utt2:  How do you keep up with current events? /  

sd          @B.2 utt1:  {F Um, } {D well } {D actually, } usually, {F uh, } in the mornings I am getting ready to either go to work, {F uh, }  /
sd          @B.2 utt2: usually catch the news in the morning. /  

b          A.3 utt1:  Yeah,  /
qw          A.3 utt2: what what channel do you watch or what station? /  

sd          B.4 utt1:  {F Uh, } N B C. /  

sd          A.5 utt1:  That's the one I watch.  /
sd          A.5 utt2:  I usually keep up with T V.  /
%          A.5 utt3: I don't, - /
sd          A.5 utt4: I am a student  /
sd          A.5 utt5: {C so } I really don't have much time to {D like } read the newspapers and stuff -- /  

b          B.6 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.7 utt1:  -- {C so } I get a lot of stuff through the grapevine which [ is + really isn't  ] --   

b          B.8 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.9 utt1:  -- too great sometimes <laughter>. /  

b          B.10 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          B.10 utt2: I usually tend to just, {D you know, } rely on, {D you know, } T V, {F uh, } again, {D you know, } just through the grapevine [ just, + just ] to know {D like, }  {D you know } {D like } what today's stories are  /
sd          B.10 utt3: {C and } I usually {D like } go out an buy a newspaper if {D you know } I'm interested in any particular one. /  

b          A.11 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sd          A.11 utt2: The radio doesn't really have much news sometimes.  /
sd          A.11 utt3: The stations I listen to are just mainly music. /  

b          B.12 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv          B.12 utt2: I think you pretty much have to listen to all news station to get any news at all. /  

b          A.13 utt1:  Yeah.  /
qy          A.13 utt2: Do you think that T V is, {F uh, } pretty accurate.  /
qy          A.13 utt3:  {E I mean } sometimes do you think it gets pretty commercialized  /
%          A.13 utt4: {C or, } -/  

no          B.14 utt1:  {D Well, } what I really don't like about T V, especially local news as compared to {D like } national news is just, {F uh, } [ it seems, + it seems ] like everything is very spoon feed  /
sv          B.14 utt2: {C and } {D you know } [ it's, + it's ] more like the news shows [ is now + is now ] {D you know } an entertainment show like a sitcom --    

b          A.15 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.16 utt1:  -- or like the news, because they would always have {D like } the wonderful investigative reports, {D you know, } is you're kids bus driver smoking crack,   

 x         A.17 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

+          B.18 utt1:  on the way to school, {D you know? } /  

b          A.19 utt1:  Yeah,  /
%          A.19 utt2: it's - /
sd          A.19 utt3: they mainly go with {D like } popular topics --   

b          B.20 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.21 utt1:  -- just not {D like } basic news. /  

b          B.22 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sd          B.22 utt2:  [ Also, + also ] I have the observation [ of, + {F uh, }  with  ] the press [ is + ] that,   {D like } [ any + any ] stories that I had any first hand knowledge of that I see in the press, {D you know, } which only happened {D like } ten times in my life --    

b          A.23 utt1:  Huh. /  

+          B.24 utt1:  -- {D you know } first thing {D you know } for [ anything of + {D you know } [ or + ] anything that ] actually [ had, + had ] more than just a blurb about it.  [ That + ] the press has managed to just mess up some aspect of the story -- /  

 b         A.25 utt1:  Yeah. /  

 sd         B.26 utt1:  -- it's something wrong. /  

%          A.27 utt1:  Going, - /
sv          A.27 utt2: [ they're, + looks like they're ] going more for ratings <noise> than for --   

b          B.28 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.29 utt1:  -- {D you know } actual news.  /
sv          A.29 utt2:  I think, {D you know } [ the +  <popping> probably the ] best source of just plain journalism would be newspapers -- /  

b          B.30 utt1:  <Tapping> Uh-huh. /  

sv          A.31 utt1:  -- they typically have a better. - /
sd          A.31 utt2: I am from a small town too here in Texas --    

b          B.32 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.33 utt1:  -- [ and so + ] that [ then + ] {D like } local news is really who grew the biggest tomato  /
%          A.33 utt2: {C and, } -/  

b          B.34 utt1:  Yeah,  /
^2          B.34 utt2: the farm report. /  

aa          A.35 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.35 utt2: farm report and oil reports. /  

x          B.36 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

ba          A.37 utt1:  That's [ pretty + <tapping> pretty ] sad  /
sd          A.37 utt2: or who killed who. /  

b          B.38 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
sd          B.38 utt2: <tapping> Also I have found that newspapers probably aren't as bad as television  ((   )) .  /
sd          B.38 utt3:  Read the story and just found it so incredibly watered down  /
%          B.38 utt4: {C and, } -/  

b          A.39 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sd          A.39 utt2: {D Well, } [ in, + {F uh, } in ] Dallas, I don't know if you heard about the killing where the guy drove into Luby's  /
sd          A.39 utt3: {C and } the story was, {F uh, } -/  

qy          B.40 utt1:  Was that {D like } he started shooting [ people, + people ] in this cafeteria or  something? /  

ny          A.41 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sd          A.41 utt2: {C And } the news covered it --   

b          B.42 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.43 utt1:  -- {D right, } {D you know, } hours after it happened  /
sd          A.43 utt2: {C and } they were taping people who were crying who <noise> --   

b          B.44 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.45 utt1:  -- had everything  /
sd          A.45 utt2: {C and then } like three days later this, {F uh, } local news station was using as as their promo --   

b          B.46 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.47 utt1:  -- to promote themselves.  /
sv          A.47 utt2:  I just thought [ that was really +  # that's ] kind of cold, # /  

b          B.48 utt1:  # {F Oh } yeah,  /
sd          B.48 utt2: I # have seen that happen lots of times.  /
sd(^q)          B.48 utt3:  {D You know, } {F uh, } Channel X gives you the best coverage <noise>  /
sd(^q)          B.48 utt4: {D you know } we were on the scene with our team players  /
%          B.48 utt5: {C and, } -/  

b          A.49 utt1:  Yeah  /
%          A.49 utt2: {C and } it was just, - /
sd          A.49 utt3: they were showing {D like } these dead people -- /  

 b         B.50 utt1:  Uh-huh <<very faint>>. /  

sd          A.51 utt1:  -- {C and } they were showing people crying -- /  

b          B.52 utt1:  Uh-huh <<very faint>>. /  

sv          A.53 utt1:  -- {E I mean } just taking advantage of {D you know. } -/  

b          B.54 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

o@          A.55 utt1:  #  ((   )) . #   

sv          B.56 utt1:  # They are trying to get # the, {D you know, } most emotional response for, -/  

aa          A.57 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.57 utt2: it didn't seem like there was much coverage of the story,  /
sd          A.57 utt3: {C but } just the play on people's emotions <noise>.  /
%          A.57 utt4:  It's just gotten so, - /
sv          A.57 utt5: {E I mean, } somewhere [ there's, + ] it's lost a lot of the quality that they use to have like in Walter Cronkite that if {D you know } -- -/  

 b         B.58 utt1:  Yeah <tapping>. /  

sv          A.59 utt1:  -- {C and } everything. -/  

b          B.60 utt1:  Yeah,  /
b^r          B.60 utt2: yeah.  /
sd          B.60 utt3:  {D You know, } I've pretty much stopped watching local news totally {D you know } -- /  

b          A.61 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          B.62 utt1:  -- {F uh, } <noise> {D you know } even the national news I just find it to be {D you know } --   

b          A.63 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          B.64 utt1:  -- very watered down,  /
%          B.64 utt2: very, -/  

qo          A.65 utt1:  What did you think of the coverage of the war? /  

sd          B.66 utt1:  {F Uh, } [ I fou-, + I found ] it very one sided. /  

bh          A.67 utt1:  Did you? /  

sv          B.68 utt1:  {F Uh, } {D you know, } [ it, + it ] just seemed to lack any sort of debate. /  

b          A.69 utt1:  Yeah. /  

h          B.70 utt1:  {F Uh, } {D you know, } not saying [ that we shou-, + that we actually should ] have been there or shouldn't have been there,  /
sv          B.70 utt2: {C but } it just seemed like, {D you know. } -/  

sv          A.71 utt1:  They kept just showing, {D you know, } how great we were doing  /
sv          A.71 utt2: {C and } it never really showed [ what  actually -- +    

b          B.72 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.73 utt1:  -- the damage that really ] happened that's -- -/  

b          B.74 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          A.75 utt1:  -- a lot of times {D like } the news coverage showed all [ the, + {D you know, } the  ] guys who didn't get hurt coming home and all the big parties -- /  

b          B.76 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

%          A.77 utt1:  -- {C and } they kind of {D you know, } - /
qh          A.77 utt2: if they were going to show that why didn't they show the guys who --   

b          B.78 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.79 utt1:  -- {D you know } got really hurt and everything. /  

 b         B.80 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv          B.80 utt2: {C and } I really think that {D you know } in the involvement that the press states, {D you know } [ that + ] [ the + the  ] military basically sets the press, / 
