ANDERSON COOPER 360, CNN, FOX AND NEWS DU JOUR- JON BENNETT RAMSEY

Its August 18th,2006 and today's news is Jon Bennett Ramsey. I found myself crying yesterday when I heard the news of an arrest. I was upset for the family and how the media, particularly, the news media hounded and convicted this family for the last decade.
For ten years, you heard the Ramsey's were suspects. You did not hear much about the court and the DA dismissing the Ramseys as suspects. Instead, you heard reporters asking the question "do you think they are guilty".
There are at least three problems with the news as the public sees it today. The first is the bias of each station. The second problem is that yesterdays news is "history" . The third problem is that the news is not what it used to be.
The last problem is most disturbing to me. For almost a month I listened to CNN, FOX and MSNBC. I had the television on almost 24/7. The coverage was identical on all three cable news channels. While I wanted to know about the war in Lebanon, there appeared to be no other news but the war.
By the time Anderson Copper 360 came on, I felt like I had been watching a sporting event not a war. Cooper, along with everyone else on cable news was reporting evey rocket being fired. It was a blow by blow "war". I felt like I was listening to "every pitch". I find it barely tolerable in sports, so it was definitely more than I wanted to know about the war.
During the time of their reporting of the war, you heard about nothing but the war. Today, you hear only about Jon Bennett Ramsey and a blow by blow about her killer. The war in the middle east is old news and is therefore gone.
Terrible things have happened in the world in recent years. Katrina destroyed an American city and we hear nothing about the Gulf Coast. The cable news channels give us in depth description of one piece of news all day. They do only the one story all day, kind of "news du jour".
I would prefer to hear updates of what is going around all over the world. I would like to hear about older stories, lets say two or three days old. Yesterday's news is finished.
One more thing, I used to rush to the TV when I saw the words BREAKING NEWS. Years ago, this would mean a breaking news story of major significance. Today, breaking news is a headline which never leaves the screen. How will I know when it is urgent?
Yesterday, with the arrest of Jon Bennett Ramsey's alleged killer, I saw TV reporters talk as about Patsy Ramsey. Some appeared to show feelings about Patsy. Some of those same reporters were asking leading and highly suggestive stories when they covered this case 10 years ago. Some of these same reporters were asking audiences, "Do you believe the Ramsey's killed their daughter?". The reporters helped to shape a convinction in the minds of the American public.It's intolerable to see those same people forget their stories from 10 years ago and act sympathetic.
Reporters are free to say leading comments which often spins the story a certain way. I am distgusted at any show of pathos by reporters. Better they look at themselves from tape 10 years ago and see how they contributed to destroying this family.
There was a time when the news "the News". There was a time when the news was factual and informative. Today it is just another drama. I would prefer to have a channel reporting current stories with updates on older stories. I prefer they provide the facts and not the spin.
Anderson Cooper, please be the first to take off the combat outfit and stop the drama.


evie litwok/ tippy the tippy story