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Subject: Re: Orphaned Response - (nf)
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Date: Sun, 20-Nov-83 22:30:05 EST
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isrnix!akp    Nov 20 16:07:00 1983

I think OVERNIGHT did (is doing) a fine job of keeping me informed. It was
my only source of news last summer, and has been a primary source this fall.
Obviously, it is not as comprehensive as the NYT/Washington Post/etc., but
I don't want it to be: that would be too depressing, and besides, I don't
CARE all that much. I don't need to get all the grubby details; I just want
the headlines, and film, and (this I especially like) the foreign perspective
that OVERNIGHT gives. I don't have the three hours a day it takes to wade
through the newspapers you mentioned -- and OVERNIGHT gives a much more
pleasant presentation than Dan Rather does.  Overnight is just my kind of
show -- personal perspectives, and some "cutsey" stories to soften the
blow of the hard news.  I also like the bizarre music they play behind the
sports every night (something new and strange each time), and the picture-
stories put together by some cameraman and some editor somewhere in the
country.  These are what make "constant viewers" go back -- all the subtle
twists that the people of Overnight add to their show.

	Of course, I also like the Don's Guns commercials (Indianapolis).

				-- Allan Pratt
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