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From: Alfred Breull <puma@hannover.sgh-net.de>
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 07:41:56 +0200
Fwd Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 10:23:24 -0400
Subject: Re: ABC News-Peter Jennings


>Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 12:28:16 -0400
>To: UFO UpDates - Toronto <updates@globalserve.net>
>From: Steven Kaeser <steve@konsulting.com>
>Subject: Re: UFO UpDate: ABC News-Peter Jennings

>>Subject: ABC News-Peter Jennings
>>Date: Thu, 19 Jun 97 21:37:40 -0400
>>From: pwedel <pwedel@neptune.on.ca>
>>To: "Errol Bruce-Knapp" <updates@globalserve.net>

>>Greetings List!


>>  On June 18th, 1997, (Wednesday), in the last part of ABC News 6:30 PM
>>edition, there was a small bit about Roswell. There was also a small
>>segment about Phoenix. A video was shown of some large lights over the
>>city. Several witnesses were interviewed claiming they saw a large
>>triangular shaped craft fly over their house. Other researchers were
>>interviews as well, albiet briefly to fit into the sound bite/byte :-) .
>>  The segment ended with Peter Jennings (who I respect) smirking.

>>  I was just curious how the American's on the List view their news
>>media when such a vitally important subject is treated with such
>>(seeming) short shrift by the major networks.

>>  Surely there must be some hope?

>>Regards,
>>Paul.

>IMHO (as a former radio news reporter):

>Americans probably don't have a unified view of the media, but the reaction
>of ABC news is no surprise.  To be quite honest, there is very little
>actual "investigative reporting" going on, unless it happens to attract an
>audiance.  This is usually on a local level, and involves known issues that
>are easily defined.

>Keep in mind that for most of the media, this is an old story that has been
>given new life as a result of the involvement of a Councilwoman and now the
>Governor.  The story is not that there were sightings, but that a
>Councilwoman is up in arms about it.  The reports have gone back to explain
>what the issue is all about, but the focus remains on what is happening
>now, rather than what happened then.

------- snip ------

What a wonderful type of journalism, where you don't report the event, but
that somebody asks 'Hey, does anybody know what happened?' ...

BTW, the Phoenix holo projection hypotheses makes sense to me.

Alf