apologiesqueen ([info]apologiesqueen) wrote in [info]thefridayfive,
@ 2006-01-20 03:39:00
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Friday Five -- January 20, 2006
This week's questions were suggested by [info]roosto.

1. What is your preferred trusted news source?
2. What is a news source that you will never trust?
3. What is the news topic during the last calendar year that you feel got the worst coverage?
4. What news item do you feel got too much coverage in the last calendar year?
5. If you had complete control of your favored news source(s) (answer to question 1), what would you do with it that is not already being done?


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[info]red43
2006-01-20 08:54 am UTC (link)
Here's mine

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[info]pinkpolarity
2006-01-20 09:20 am UTC (link)
Here's mine.

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[info]flautess
2006-01-20 09:28 am UTC (link)
Done!

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[info]ergo_sum14
2006-01-20 10:22 am UTC (link)
1. What is your preferred trusted news source?
The BBC, CNN and http://news.google.com/.

2. What is a news source that you will never trust?
Fox News

3. What is the news topic during the last calendar year that you feel got the worst coverage?
The clean-up efforts and aftershocks of Katrina. And the fact that most of the administration sat on its fat, money-bloated ass and thumbed its nose at the people of New Orleans.

4. What news item do you feel got too much coverage in the last calendar year?
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Who gives a fuck?!

5. If you had complete control of your favored news source(s) (answer to question 1), what would you do with it that is not already being done?
I'd want to put more entertainment news that interested me, rather than bullshit about Britney or Brad and Angelina. Most likely, I'd have segments about the science world (i.e. Flores man and other cool new scientific discoveries) as well as environmental issues.

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[info]vavaverity
2006-01-20 11:28 am UTC (link)
Posted

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me too.
[info]lit_melissa
2006-01-20 11:32 am UTC (link)
http://samhainbride.livejournal.com/126070.html

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[info]jelly_doughnut
2006-01-20 01:18 pm UTC (link)
http://jelly-doughnut.livejournal.com/178526.html

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[info]razorbladefaery
2006-01-20 01:28 pm UTC (link)
Here ya go: http://razorbladefaery.livejournal.com/54878.html

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[info]cocoajava
2006-01-20 01:37 pm UTC (link)
1. What is your preferred trusted news source? My Mom CNN.com
2. What is a news source that you will never trust? My Dad The Weekly World News
3. What is the news topic during the last calendar year that you feel got the worst coverage? Israel withdrawing from the Gaza Strip. I only managed to get bits and pieces of news about it and was constantly confused and looking for updates.
4. What news item do you feel got too much coverage in the last calendar year? Jennifer Wilbanks. That bride that ran away. Sheesh. WAY way WAY overblown.
5. If you had complete control of your favored news source(s) (answer to question 1), what would you do with it that is not already being done? Change their website so it doesn't crash my browser so often. They've got too many animated ads, too, I *hate* that on a reading-intensive site!

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Done
[info]tiptoe39
2006-01-20 01:43 pm UTC (link)
http://tiptoe39.livejournal.com/255047.html

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[info]destabee
2006-01-20 02:00 pm UTC (link)
1. What is your preferred trusted news source? BBC if I have to pick one

2. What is a news source that you will never trust? FOX

3. What is the news topic during the last calendar year that you feel got the worst coverage? the truth about Bush and his cronies

4. What news item do you feel got too much coverage in the last calendar year? almost everything involving celebrities

5. If you had complete control of your favored news source(s) (answer to question 1), what would you do with it that is not already being done? can't think of anything

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Tickled Pink
[info]roosto
2006-01-20 02:03 pm UTC (link)
Proud Papa

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[info]strangealchemy
2006-01-20 02:53 pm UTC (link)
mine

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[info]libster_77
2006-01-20 02:55 pm UTC (link)
http://libster-77.livejournal.com/242484.html

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[info]heartrush
2006-01-20 03:01 pm UTC (link)
1. What is your preferred trusted news source?
San Francisco Chronicle.

2. What is a news source that you will never trust?
My friends.

3. What is the news topic during the last calendar year that you feel got the worst coverage?
The closing down of a local community center.

4. What news item do you feel got too much coverage in the last calendar year?
TomKat.

5. If you had complete control of your favored news source(s) (answer to question 1), what would you do with it that is not already being done?
Add a teen section. Then have me write for it.

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[info]sphinx
2006-01-20 03:07 pm UTC (link)
http://sphinx.livejournal.com/327603.html

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[info]prettyinprint
2006-01-20 03:13 pm UTC (link)
http://prettyinprint.livejournal.com/20772.html

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[info]the_new_chapter
2006-01-20 03:14 pm UTC (link)
http://the-new-chapter.livejournal.com/42470.html

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[info]calypso72
2006-01-20 03:25 pm UTC (link)
http://river2sea72.livejournal.com/219999.html

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[info]purplellamaboi
2006-01-20 03:33 pm UTC (link)
Responses are here.

[[X-Posted to [info]altfriday5, [info]fridayfiver, and [info]thefridayfive.]]

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[info]aehallh
2006-01-20 03:38 pm UTC (link)
http://aehallh.livejournal.com/372709.html

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[info]witch_baby83
2006-01-20 03:40 pm UTC (link)
http://witch-baby83.livejournal.com/116556.html

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[info]justaluminum
2006-01-20 04:18 pm UTC (link)

1. What is your preferred trusted news source?
Whoo boy. Being that I'm a journalist and have learned to be especially wary of what other media report, myself, and the papers where I've worked and built trust. I'd say I trust NPR the most for everything else. And that's what I listen to the most.
2. What is a news source that you will never trust?
National Enquirer/tabloid-type "news" publications. Or one-sided Web sites, at least before I check out what they're saying.
3. What is the news topic during the last calendar year that you feel got the worst coverage?
Possibly the war in Iraq; my understanding is that there's a lot more good going on there than the national media are reporting.
4. What news item do you feel got too much coverage in the last calendar year?
Michael Jackson. And pretty much every other celebrity "issue."
5. If you had complete control of your favored news source(s) (answer to question 1), what would you do with it that is not already being done?
Since it's a local affiliate, I'd put more local news on it. I'm a huge advocate of local/community news in all media. I know national/world issues are important, but so are our local communities, especially to those who live there.

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[info]nitasee
2006-01-20 04:18 pm UTC (link)
Here's mine

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[info]shui79
2006-01-20 04:33 pm UTC (link)
http://shui79.livejournal.com/399511.html

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Mine is up
[info]yoggie
2006-01-20 04:36 pm UTC (link)
www.yogblog.com

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My Five in the News
[info]conndraka
2006-01-20 04:41 pm UTC (link)
Oooohhhh I'm obviously in a minority...

http://conndraka.livejournal.com/95553.html

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Re: My Five in the News
[info]pinkpolarity
2006-01-21 01:20 am UTC (link)
Well, *I* like your answers. :)

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Re: My Five in the News
[info]conndraka
2006-01-21 01:31 am UTC (link)
Thank you...

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[info]lilcrazy
2006-01-20 04:45 pm UTC (link)
http://lilcrazy.livejournal.com/108330.html

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[info]nursemae
2006-01-20 04:45 pm UTC (link)
Answered

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[info]ganeshotaku
2006-01-20 06:22 pm UTC (link)
1. What is your preferred trusted news source?
mix of CNN, BBC, blogs, etc...
2. What is a news source that you will never trust?
Any single source. I am a news whore, and I have come to realize that no one source can be really trusted. Usually I will try to read several sources before making a judgment.
3. What is the news topic during the last calendar year that you feel got the worst coverage? Non-western countries. I spent the summer working in Paris and Berlin, and I was impressed to see Asia and Africa got as much coverage as the US and Europe. Important stuff goes on all over the world.
4. What news item do you feel got too much coverage in the last calendar year? War in Iraq. I care about it, but I don't need to hear an in depth story every time one person dies. Thousands are dying from conflict everywhere, so I find it hard to get worked up if one US soldier gets shot.
5. If you had complete control of your favored news source(s) (answer to question 1), what would you do with it that is not already being done?
I hate when CNN puts US news on the International page. You have the US page for that, anything dealing with the US should go there. There are a zillion other countries out there, I'm sure they could find enough non-US news to fill up the one international page. Also, no ads...

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[info]arwens_dad
2006-01-20 07:07 pm UTC (link)
I'm in...

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[info]cookiejar423
2006-01-20 08:17 pm UTC (link)
1. What is your preferred trusted news source? dominion post or 3 national news
2. What is a news source that you will never trust? the truth...nuff said
3. What is the news topic during the last calendar year that you feel got the worst coverage? not too sure, i haven't really been keeping up on the news and we get most stuff here anyways
4. What news item do you feel got too much coverage in the last calendar year? the war in iraq...
5. If you had complete control of your favored news source(s) (answer to question 1), what would you do with it that is not already being done?I would make the dominion post a morning/evening paper again... the dominion and the evening post... bring back the good old days, or something like that :p

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[info]mrwhipee
2006-01-20 08:42 pm UTC (link)

Here's mine

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(Anonymous)
2006-01-20 08:49 pm UTC (link)
*Nods*

http://ms7168.livejournal.com/

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[info]aimeegomeow
2006-01-20 09:15 pm UTC (link)
http://aimeegomeow.livejournal.com/475864.html

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[info]ange420
2006-01-20 10:14 pm UTC (link)
mine

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[info]hillaryd18
2006-01-20 10:15 pm UTC (link)
http://hillaryd18.livejournal.com/175174.html

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[info]jellyfishies
2006-01-20 10:33 pm UTC (link)
1. What is your preferred trusted news source? CNN.
2. What is a news source that you will never trust? FOX.
3. What is the news topic during the last calendar year that you feel got the worst coverage? Bush. & how shitty of a president he is.
4. What news item do you feel got too much coverage in the last calendar year? The Michael Jackson case.
5. If you had complete control of your favored news source(s) (answer to question 1), what would you do with it that is not already being done? I'm totally cool with CNN.

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[info]ar_wahan
2006-01-20 11:10 pm UTC (link)
1. What is your preferred trusted news source? NPR
2. What is a news source that you will never trust? FOX (I don't even consider National Enquirer a news source.)
3. What is the news topic during the last calendar year that you feel got the worst coverage? AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa
4. What news item do you feel got too much coverage in the last calendar year? celebrity anything
5. If you had complete control of your favored news source(s) (answer to question 1), what would you do with it that is not already being done? More international news, a la BBC.


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my 2.5 cents worth
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2006-01-21 02:10 am UTC (link)
1. What is your preferred trusted news source?
For Canadian news or a Canadian perspective: CBC. (For American news: CNN.)

2. What is a news source that you will never trust?
I don't think I trust any news source completely.

3. What is the news topic during the last calendar year that you feel got the worst coverage?
Man, I'm blanking on this one... all I'm coming up with is the hurricane season. And the coverage itself wasn't bad - it was what they had to cover that made it the worst.

4. What news item do you feel got too much coverage in the last calendar year?
Any of the stories that follow "celebrities" personal lives in lurid detail.

5. If you had complete control of your favored news source(s) (answer to question 1), what would you do with it that is not already being done?
There isn't too much I would suggest for the CBC at this moment.

And that's my 2.5 cents worth (http://twopointfivecentsworth.blogspot.com)!

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[info]janevok
2006-01-21 06:29 pm UTC (link)
http://janevok.livejournal.com/68671.html

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[info]jordannamorgan
2006-01-22 04:30 am UTC (link)
http://jordannamorgan.livejournal.com/271461.html

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[info]twitchy_1618
2006-02-23 04:56 pm UTC (link)
1. What is your preferred trusted news source? The Daily Show, CNN or Slate.com

2. What is a news source that you will never trust? Anything Fox News

3. What is the news topic during the last calendar year that you feel got the worst coverage? The Scooter Liddy/ Karl Rove Controversy

4. What news item do you feel got too much coverage in the last calendar year? 2 words.... Natalee Holloway

5. If you had complete control of your favored news source(s) (answer to question 1), what would you do with it that is not already being done? Well...Jon Stewart would first get an hour long program and Stephen Colbert would have to come back to the Daily Show, CNN would be nothing but Anderson Cooper all the time and Bill Hemmer would come back and I would be happy....Slate.com is just cool the way it is.

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first time answering, eek!
[info]chanter_greenie
2006-02-24 05:28 am UTC (link)
1. What is your preferred trusted news source?
Either the BBC's worldservice, Radio Netherlands or Radio Prague.
2. What is a news source that you will never trust?
Fox *flinch, twitch, switch channel*
3. What is the news topic during the last calendar year that you feel got the worst coverage?
The deteriorating situation in Zimbabwe. *shivers*
4. What news item do you feel got too much coverage in the last calendar year?
Any of those overdramatic celebrity messes Hollywood seems to spawn--as a journalist, I don't consider those real news.
5. If you had complete control of your favored news source(s) (answer to question 1), what would you do with it that is not already being done?
Either bring back BBC shortwave service to North and south america--what in blazes was the switch-off for, again? or return Sincerely Yours to RRNW--that program is missed, lots.

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[info]iceman10
2006-02-26 09:52 am UTC (link)
I'm rather curious as to why alot of people don't trust Fox News?

I live in Malaysia, by the way, so we don't get Fox. But I'd still like to know why, if someone has the time.

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[info]firewallender
2006-02-27 02:32 am UTC (link)
It has a conservative bent.

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[info]shoelacelove
2006-03-03 05:46 am UTC (link)
1. What is your preferred trusted news source?
ABC, and the citizen

2. What is a news source that you will never trust?
Winnisquam Echo, and fox.

3. What is the news topic during the last calendar year that you feel got the worst coverage?
as in misinformation? the bible as literature course, written about in the echo, with my quotations, and lack of research, as well as no focus or point in the new editors editorial.

4. What news item do you feel got too much coverage in the last calendar year?
Cheney, shooting that guy. (He's an idiot yes, but it got too much coverage.)

5. If you had complete control of your favored news source(s) (answer to question 1), what would you do with it that is not already being done?
I would take a person not getting recognition for something amazing and replace a current segment every other station had alreasy covered. add some diversity.

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