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Tuesday, April 24, 2007 12:00 AM

David Halberstam on today's American press

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  • Tuesday, April 24, 2007 12:02 PM

    Will people watch quality?

    Rob Marine -

    Ironically, if it were, the American people would tune back in, and news could be profitable by delivering actual news.

    I would like to belive this would be true. I for one, no longer watch the television news. I can't stand the breathless wall-to-wall coverage the "big" stories get these days.

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