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[jonalvy44]

My email to Comments@foxnews.com

Dear Fox:

I'm a huge fan, but you have to clean it up a bit. You're dropping the ball on your coverage.

1. Most of your viewers do not want up to the minute coverage of Kobe Bryant. He's not that important to us. Just deliver the verdict. Same with Laci Peterson. Spare us the tabloid-like coverage.

2. Cover the important stuff. We want to know what's happening in Iraq and Afghanistan.

3. Profile our brave troops. Focus the spotlight on these heroes, as well as the police, fire, medical personnel. These are the true heroes who deserve the spotlight, not Kobe Bryant.

4. Cover the election of 2004. This is key. We want to be informed of what is happening, etc.

5. Tone down Arnold TV. We don't need the constant loops of who he is shaking hands with. Californians are crazy, we know that. Just stick to the highlights. See point #1 above.

We love your fair and balanced reporting. However, you're starting to stray from what's made you #1 in cable TV. Stop being CNN and be FOX. Americans don't want the trash, just the substance. Please, make it happen.

Jon Alvarez
Syracuse, NY
PABAAH: Patriotic Americans Boycotting Anti-American Hollywood
(Letting Our Wallets Speak For Us)
http://www.PABAAH.com

[rrrod]

agree

[Elkiejg]

Good points -- since Brit Hume is head of news dept. I have been sending him emails echoing your thoughts.

[OXENinFLA]

P.S.

Make your banner at the bottom of the screen smaller or don't cover up the footage you deem so important, I just love viewing 75% of my TV screen.

[Huck]

Most of your viewers do not want up to the minute coverage of Kobe Bryant. He's not that important to us. Just deliver the verdict. Same with Laci Peterson. Spare us the tabloid-like coverage.

I wonder what the ratings say about it. I am with you. I don't follow show trials, but a lot of folks do.

[alnick]

The only positive thing that I can say about the Kobe coverage is that it distracted them from the Scott Peterson coverage.

I'm starting to wish that they'd start talking about Scott Peterson again if it would get them to shut up about Kobe Bryant.

[Inspectorette]

I agree - the banner should only be used for breaking news (REAL breaking news!). It's distracting, and it's long outlived its usefulness.

[Orangedog]

Make your banner at the bottom of the screen smaller or don't cover up the footage you deem so important, I just love viewing 75% of my TV screen.

Time to start Operation Windex"...the campaign to clean a lot of the crap off of the tv screen on FNC!

The only reason why they keep doing this is because whoever came up with the idea is dating one of the execs, because I know for a fact that they have been freeped on this before.

[Orangedog]

I wonder what the ratings say about it. I am with you. I don't follow show trials, but a lot of folks do.

FNC has spent the past 18 months ramping up to cover the show trials. Just look at their who they have hired...Gretta, Jerry Rivers, Napolitano...they have reserected Team-OJ!

IMO, FNC has taken it's conservative base for granted in a bid to get the soccer-mom and Springer demographics. I'm beginning to feel that they are getting the attitude of "so where are you going to go, CNN?!" I find that I'm spending a lot more time on PMSNBC and CNBC than I used to in the past few months.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

I agree with you on every point. And when they start talking about K and P, I turn off the TV. I'm sick of the Aw-nold coverage. FOX has become boring.

[Huck]

I just don't watch much news at all, cable or otherwise. I listen to news in the car.

[cyncooper]

They certainly have strayed. Some recent examples:

Adam Housley, reporter in California, recently described Arianna Huffington as a conservative pundit.

Last night Housley told Greta that if Davis quits the recall election could be called off. That is not the understanding I had from reading reports. (Perhaps Housley is correct on this except he and Greta did not proceed to explain why, so I am left to think he was incorrect).

And yesterday morning Claudia Cowan reported that Arnold Schwarzenegger had been against social services for immigrants even though, Claudia added, he was an immigrant himself. David Asman did correct her to say that proposition had been directed to illegal immigrants, but then even he went on to say "although it was widely perceived as anti-immigrant".

[cyncooper]

And I'll add, the yellowcake/Niger/16 words brouhaha erupted when Brit Hume was on vacation. We were treated to reporters telling us about the "false statement" and so on. It was terrible.

[Hatteras]

The excessive graphics is what caused me to stop watching FOX during the Iraq bombing. Unfortunately, only one station, MSNBC was slightly better. Not by much, but definitely better. I ended up tuning out and getting my dirt exclusively from FR.

[cyncooper]

The only positive thing that I can say about the Kobe coverage is that it distracted them from the Scott Peterson coverage.

Actually, Bryant knocked yellowcake off the radar.

Peterson case is making a come back because of activity in the case.

[pointsal]

Yes indeed! This is guy is right on target!
Too bad Sean Hannity or Sheppie the preppie are not reading this.

[steve50]

Well, at least it keeps the voting machine stories off the air. Haven't heard another word about the government forces arming Phillipine terrorists and staging attacks with aid from outside forces either. That little tidbit got about 30 seconds airtime.

These little fluff stories serve a purpose.

[OXENinFLA]

And another thing FNC.....if you break LIVE to a press conf. don't spend 2-1/2 min., voicing over the news conf., explaining to me what the news conf. is about and who is speaking I can figure it out for myself.

[kenth]

I turned off FNC in disgust the other day as they were anxiously awaiting Kobe Bryant's appearance in court - all the while discussing this all-important matter.

[ReaganRevolution]

if you break LIVE to a press conf. don't spend 2-1/2 min., voicing over the news conf., explaining to me what the news conf. is about and who is speaking I can figure it out for myself.

Thank you! that irritates me to no end. Also, when they have FOX ALERTS for hours on the same subject. Case in point was Saturday they had a FOX ALERT on a little disruption amongst the protesters in California. 3 hours after the fact is not breaking news.