sw01-0105-0001-A001-01 qw A.1 utt1: (( Jimmy )) , {D so } how do you get most of your news? / sw01-0105-0002-B002-01 sd B.2 utt1: {D Well, } [ I kind of, + {F uh, } I ] watch the, {F uh, } national news every day, for one. / sw01-0105-0003-B002-02 sd B.2 utt2: I also read one or two papers a day / sw01-0105-0004-B002-03 sd B.2 utt3: {C and } [ I'm a, + I'm pretty much a ] news junkie / sw01-0105-0005-B002-04 sd B.2 utt4: {C and } I tune in to C N N a lot. / sw01-0105-0006-A003-01 ba A.3 utt1: {F Oh, } wow. / sw01-0105-0007-A003-02 qw^d A.3 utt2: {D So, } when you say the morning news, or evening news or national news is when? / sw01-0105-0008-B004-01 sd B.4 utt1: {F Uh, } every evening at six thirty, I believe, / sw01-0105-0009-B004-02 sd B.4 utt2: I watch the national news. / sw01-0105-0010-A005-01 sd^r A.5 utt1: {F Oh, } okay. / sw01-0105-0011-A005-02 sd A.5 utt2: {D Well, } I would probably be a junkie or [ s-, + watch ] C N N a lot, / sw01-0105-0012-A005-03 sd A.5 utt3: {C but } [ I don't, + {F uh, } I don't, ] {F uh, } subscribe to cable -- sw01-0105-0013-B006-01 b B.6 utt1: Uh-huh. / sw01-0105-0014-A007-01 sd A.7 utt1: -- [ be-, + because ] of the poor service and also, {F uh, } because, - / sw01-0105-0015-A007-02 sd A.7 utt2: {D well, } [ I, + {F uh, } I ] give to the United Way / sw01-0105-0016-A007-03 sd A.7 utt3: {C and so } I figured that amount of money I just donate to that. / sw01-0105-0017-B008-01 b B.8 utt1: Uh-huh, / sw01-0105-0018-B008-02 bf B.8 utt2: as opposed to paying for cable. / sw01-0105-0019-A009-01 aa A.9 utt1: Yeah, / sw01-0105-0020-A009-02 sd A.9 utt2: I take away a, {F uh, } addiction . / sw01-0105-0021-B010-01 x B.10 utt1: . sw01-0105-0022-A011-01 bf A.11 utt1: {F Oh, } something. / sw01-0105-0023-B012-01 aa B.12 utt1: Yeah. / sw01-0105-0024-A013-01 % A.13 utt1: {D Well } I, -/ sw01-0105-0025-B014-01 % B.14 utt1: {F Uh, } overall [ I, + I, ] - / sw01-0105-0026-B014-02 sv B.14 utt2: the quality of the news you get [ o-, + off ] of most, {F uh, } sources I would say is pretty low. / sw01-0105-0027-B014-03 % B.14 utt3: It's, - / sw01-0105-0028-B014-04 sv B.14 utt4: usually you get pretty incomplete coverage / sw01-0105-0029-B014-05 sd B.14 utt5: {C and } that's one of the reasons [ where I, + why I ] try and get as many sources as possible, / sw01-0105-0030-B014-06 sv B.14 utt6: {C because } if you hear the same story from three different sources, then you get a much clearer picture [ of, + of ] what is going on. You would hope, / sw01-0105-0031-B014-07 sv B.14 utt7: {C but } still, {D you know, } hard to say -- sw01-0105-0032-A015-01 b A.15 utt1: {F Oh. } / sw01-0105-0033-B016-01 sv B.16 utt1: -- that what you've heard is what really is. / sw01-0105-0034-A017-01 qw A.17 utt1: [ What, + what, ] {F uh, } newspapers do you read? / sw01-0105-0035-B018-01 sd B.18 utt1: {D Well, } I read, {F uh, } the local newspaper / sw01-0105-0036-B018-02 sd B.18 utt2: {C and } I also try and read one of the, {F uh, } major dailies like the CHICAGO TRIBUNE, or the NEW YORK TIMES or something like that. / sw01-0105-0037-A019-01 b A.19 utt1: Uh-huh. / sw01-0105-0038-A019-02 sd A.19 utt2: For a while there [ [ I, + I, ] + I, ] {F uh, } subscribed to NEW YORK TIMES, [ a-, + actually ] a couple of newspapers because, {F uh, } {D you know, } my fiance, - / sw01-0105-0039-A019-03 sd A.19 utt3: {D well, } she was unemployed for a while / sw01-0105-0040-A019-04 sd A.19 utt4: {C so } she, {D you know, } really needed to look at [ the, + the ] [ want-, + help wanted ] ads -- / sw01-0105-0041-B020-01 b B.20 utt1: Uh-huh. / sw01-0105-0042-A021-01 sv A.21 utt1: -- {C and } so often [ [ they, + they tr-, ] + the newspapers are ] trying to compete with a lot of other sources of [ newspape-, + {F uh, } news. ] / sw01-0105-0043-B022-01 b B.22 utt1: Right. / sw01-0105-0044-A023-01 h A.23 utt1: {C And, } I don't know, / sw01-0105-0045-A023-02 sv A.23 utt2: NEW YORK TIMES is okay, / sw01-0105-0046-A023-03 sv A.23 utt3: [ {C but, } + {F uh, } {C and } ] when you read a lot of this stuff, [ the, + the ] quality of the writing has definitely gone down in the last ten years or so, / sw01-0105-0047-A023-04 sd A.23 utt4: {C but } -- sw01-0105-0048-B024-01 b B.24 utt1: Uh-huh. / sw01-0105-0049-A025-01 sd A.25 utt1: -- {F uh, } {E I mean, } [ they, + they ] say it's like the sixth grade reading level, / sw01-0105-0050-A025-02 sd A.25 utt2: {C but } -- sw01-0105-0051-B026-01 b B.26 utt1: Right. / sw01-0105-0052-A027-01 sd A.27 utt1: -- I swear it's at least second or third grade, sw01-0105-0053-B028-01 x B.28 utt1: . sw01-0105-0054-A029-01 sd A.29 utt1: sometimes. / sw01-0105-0055-B030-01 bf B.30 utt1: Pretty low. / sw01-0105-0056-A031-01 sd A.31 utt1: {C But, } I don't know, / sw01-0105-0057-A031-02 sv A.31 utt2: {F uh, } I think if you listen to {D like } N P R or something like, -/ sw01-0105-0058-B032-01 aa B.32 utt1: Right, / sw01-0105-0059-B032-02 sd B.32 utt2: [ I, + I ] really like N P R a lot. / sw01-0105-0060-A033-01 sv A.33 utt1: That's pretty good. / sw01-0105-0061-A033-02 sd A.33 utt2: {F Uh, } {C and } I like listening to that [ on, + on, ] {F uh, } - / sw01-0105-0062-A033-03 sd A.33 utt3: when I get a chance, when I'm in the car a long enough time [ to, + to ] listen to it, because I, -/ sw01-0105-0063-B034-01 aa B.34 utt1: Right, / sw01-0105-0064-B034-02 aa B.34 utt2: yeah, / sw01-0105-0065-B034-03 sd B.34 utt3: I [ miss + ] N P R a lot also. / sw01-0105-0066-B034-04 sd B.34 utt4: I really like them because they give, {F uh, } - / sw01-0105-0067-B034-05 sv B.34 utt5: instead of being, as your newspaper or your T V news where you get a five minute blurb or a ten paragraph blurb, they go really in depth on topics which I think is good. / sw01-0105-0068-A035-01 % A.35 utt1: {F Uh, } / sw01-0105-0069-B036-01 % B.36 utt1: {C And } they also, - / sw01-0105-0070-B036-02 sv B.36 utt2: their editorial stand point seems to be a lot better than, say, your major network news and that kind of thing. / sw01-0105-0071-A037-01 sd A.37 utt1: {D Well, } McNeil <>, [ Neil-, + ] and Lehrer, - / sw01-0105-0072-A037-02 sd A.37 utt2: I guess he's leaving, / sw01-0105-0073-A037-03 sd A.37 utt3: one of them is leaving. / sw01-0105-0074-B038-01 b B.38 utt1: Uh-huh. / sw01-0105-0075-A039-01 sd A.39 utt1: {F Uh, } [ they're, + they're ] pretty good, too. / sw01-0105-0076-A039-02 qy^g A.39 utt2: {F Uh, } I guess a year ago you're probably watching C N N a lot, right? / sw01-0105-0077-B040-01 na B.40 utt1: Right / sw01-0105-0078-B040-02 ny B.40 utt2: yeah. / sw01-0105-0079-A041-01 sd A.41 utt1: Had that invasion or whatever it is. / sw01-0105-0080-B042-01 aa B.42 utt1: Sure was. / sw01-0105-0081-A043-01 h A.43 utt1: {F Uh, } {C but } [ I, + I ] don't know, / sw01-0105-0082-A043-02 sv A.43 utt2: I guess [ a lot of + it's still a lot of ] hype. / sw01-0105-0083-A043-03 ad A.43 utt3: Look at [ the, + the ] Smith trial. / sw01-0105-0084-B044-01 b B.44 utt1: Uh-huh. / sw01-0105-0085-A045-01 sv A.45 utt1: {E I mean, } that was a joke. / sw01-0105-0086-B046-01 aa B.46 utt1: Yeah, / sw01-0105-0087-B046-02 sv B.46 utt2: that was, - / sw01-0105-0088-B046-03 sd B.46 utt3: {C but } then you also have things [ where you, + {F uh, } where they ] broadcast the Clarence Thomas hearings basically the whole length of them which I thought was [ r-, + really ] good. / sw01-0105-0089-A047-01 aa A.47 utt1: {F Oh, } yeah, / sw01-0105-0090-A047-02 sd A.47 utt2: the N P R doing that, / sw01-0105-0091-A047-03 % A.47 utt3: yeah, / sw01-0105-0092-A047-04 sd A.47 utt4: I know, / sw01-0105-0093-A047-05 sd A.47 utt5: I had, {F uh, } some visitor / sw01-0105-0094-A047-06 sd A.47 utt6: {C and } he was [ just in-, + just, ] I don't know, fixated on that, {D you know, } just listened to it -- sw01-0105-0095-B048-01 b B.48 utt1: Uh-uh. / sw01-0105-0096-A049-01 sd A.49 utt1: -- constantly. / sw01-0105-0097-A049-02 sv A.49 utt2: {F Uh, } {C and } I guess that's good when it's live, [ if you, + if you'll ] really want that, / sw01-0105-0098-A049-03 sv A.49 utt3: {C but } that's not really providing you news. / sw01-0105-0099-B050-01 b B.50 utt1: Right. / sw01-0105-0100-A051-01 sv A.51 utt1: [ It's, + it's ] more like a media event rather than -- sw01-0105-0101-B052-01 sv B.52 utt1: {D Well, } [ {C but } the -- + sw01-0105-0102-A053-01 sv A.53 utt1: -- reporting. / sw01-0105-0103-B054-01 sv B.54 utt1: -- {C but } the ] [ [ ne-, + news, ] + news ] that you would get from any other source is being generated from that event, which is something that's good also about C Span which [ I, + I ] tune into every once in a while. / sw01-0105-0104-A055-01 bh A.55 utt1: {F Oh, } really? / sw01-0105-0105-A055-02 sd A.55 utt2: That's kind of boring to me, I think. / sw01-0105-0106-B056-01 aa B.56 utt1: Yeah, / sw01-0105-0107-B056-02 sv B.56 utt2: [ it, + it ] is, really kind of boring, / sw01-0105-0108-B056-03 % B.56 utt3: {C but, } {D you know, } that's, - / sw01-0105-0109-B056-04 sv B.56 utt4: [ if, + if ] you don't watch it there, then you're going to hear somebody else's canned, {F uh, } report, somebody else's view about it / sw01-0105-0110-B056-05 sv B.56 utt5: {C and } that's what [ you're supposed, + you're supposed ] to, - / sw01-0105-0111-B056-06 sv B.56 utt6: if you watch the news, [ you're going, + your opinion is going ] to be formed [ about, + ] on what somebody else thought about it -- sw01-0105-0112-A057-01 b A.57 utt1: Yeah. / sw01-0105-0113-B058-01 sv B.58 utt1: -- as opposed to actually watching it yourself and forming your own [ pinion, + opinion, ] which I [ haven't, + would ] be much more in favor of forming my own opinion as opposed to following someone else's. / sw01-0105-0114-A059-01 aa A.59 utt1: Yeah, / sw01-0105-0115-A059-02 sv A.59 utt2: I guess that's true. / sw01-0105-0116-A059-03 sd A.59 utt3: {C But, } one of the ways that I get information is, {F uh, } every day when I log in on the computer I subscribe to [ this, + this ] thing, / sw01-0105-0117-A059-04 sd A.59 utt4: it's free inside the company, / sw01-0105-0118-A059-05 sd A.59 utt5: it's called INTELLECT / sw01-0105-0119-A059-06 sd A.59 utt6: [ {C and, } + {C and } ] they basically, {F uh, } type out abstracts which are really literally, - / sw01-0105-0120-A059-07 sd A.59 utt7: [ I've, + I've ] actually read the actual articles, / sw01-0105-0121-A059-08 sd A.59 utt8: they're pretty g-, -/