Subject: RE: Does NBC get it? From: "Eric K. Meyer" Date: Mon, 14 Aug 1995 01:08:27 -0500
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Subject: RE: Does NBC get it? From: "Eric K. Meyer" Date: Mon, 14 Aug 1995 01:08:27 -0500

>From Clifford M. Meyer's comments, posted at 19:19 on 13 Aug 95:

> Hmmm - seems to me that offering detailed information on individual
> stories would be one way for broadcasters (local or national) to try
> to reduce the impact/importance of newspapers. 

The problem is, you need to *get* the information before you can 
disseminate it. NPR did a fine job of putting the list of cigarette 
chemicals it uncovered onto the Web. But NPR deals with news in much 
greater depth than the average station does. I seriously doubt that 
most have much more than 250 words on any given topic.


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