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>>> MALAYSIA FLIGHT 370 HAS
CAPTURED MEDIA ATTENTION
WORLDWIDE.
IN FACT, CRITICS ARGUE THE
COVERAGE HAS GONE TOO FAR, TOO
MUCH TIME DEVOTED TO THE STORY,
TOO MUCH SPECULATION.
BUT LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS WITH
ME.
A NEW POLL SHOWS THAT THAT VIEW
IS IN THE MINORITY.
ACCORDING TO PEW, A THIRD OF
AMERICANS SAY THERE'S BEEN TOO
MUCH COVERAGE ABOUT THE MISSING
PLANE BUT 12% SAYS THERE HASN'T
BEEN ENOUGH AND ABOUT HALF SAYS
THE COVERAGE HAS BEEN ABOUT
RIGHT.
BRIAN IS JOINING US AND HOST OF
"RELIABLE SOURCES."
60% SAY THAT THEY ARE SEEING THE
RIGHT AMOUNT OF COVERAGE, SOME
OF WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE.
DOES THAT SURPRISE YOU?
>> WHAT SURPRISES ME IS THE 12%
WHO SAY THERE IS NOT ENOUGH
COVERAGE BECAUSE THE MEDIA HAS
BEEN COVERING THIS EXHAUSTIVELY
AND PUTTING PRESSURE ON THE
GOVERNMENTS INVOLVED TO FIGURE
OUT SOME ANSWERS HERE.
BUT I DID THINK IT WAS NOTABLE
TO SEE ONLY 33% OF PEOPLE IN
THIS POLL WITH A MARGIN OF ERROR
OF ABOUT 3% SAYING THERE'S BEEN
TOO MUCH COVERAGE.
MANY WOULD SAY THERE'S BEEN TOO
MUCH COVERAGE, THERE'S BEEN A
SATURATION OF THIS AND THEN IT
IS TOO MUCH.
I THINK WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS A
SPLIT BETWEEN WHAT SO-CALLED
MEDIA CRITICS SAY AND WHAT IT'S
ACTUALLY BEEN.
THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.
THIS IS A STORY THAT PEOPLE WANT
AN ENDING TO AND STILL ARE NOT
SATISFIED IF THEY HAVE GOTTEN
ONE.
>> WE DON'T HAVE AN END YET AND
WE'VE HEARD FROM THE FAMILIES
AND THEY SAY, PLEASE, MEDIA,
KEEP SHINING A LIGHT ON IT
BECAUSE THEY WANT ACCOUNTABILITY
FROM THE AIRLINE.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
PEOPLE HAVE SO MANY OPTIONS
THESE DAYS.
WE LIVE IN THIS AREA OF MEDIA
INFINITY.
YOU CAN FIND WHATEVER YOU'RE
INTERESTED IN ON THE INTERNET OR
TELEVISION.
AS A RESULT, IT MAKES MORE SENSE
TO HAVE CHANNELS LIKE CNN OR FOX
OR MSNBC FOCUSED ON ONE STORY AT
A TIME WHEN THERE'S A BIG NEWS
STORY HAPPENING.
>> YOU KNOW, YOU BRING UP FOX.
YOU HAVE BILL O'REILLY ON FOX
NEWS.
HE'S BEEN ONE OF THE MORE VOCAL
CRITICS SAYING THAT THE COVERAGE
IS DEGRADING TO JOURNALISM BUT
WHEN YOU WATCHED FOX LAST WEEK,
THE OTHER SHOWS IN FOX, IN
PRIMETIME WERE DEVOTING MUCH
AIRTIME TO THE STORY, BRIAN.
>> I LOVE IT WHEN BILL O'REILLY
PLAYS MEDIA CRITIC.
AFTER ALL, HE'S GOT VERY
INTERESTING POINTS OF VIEW ON
THIS BUT I THINK HIS CRITICS OF
THIS RING HOLLOW BECAUSE OTHER
PROGRAMS ON FOX HAVE BEEN
COVERING THE PLANE EXHAUSTIVELY.
HE SEEMS TO HAVE AN ISSUE
INTERNALLY WITH HIS COLLEAGUES
AND I WONDER IF HE'S TALKED TO
THEM ABOUT IT.
IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING TO SEE
DIFFERENT HOSTS AT A NETWORK
DISAGREE ON AIR.
HE'S VERY SENSITIVE TO RATINGS.
WHEN HIS AUDIENCE IS NOT
INTERESTED IN SOMETHING, HE
CHANGES THE SUBJECT.
I'M SURPRISED THAT HE'S BEING SO
CRITICAL GIVEN THAT PEOPLE'S
INTERESTS ARE VERY, VERY HIGH.
THIS IS UNLIKE A STORY I'VE EVER
SEEN.
I DON'T THINK I'VE SEEN A STORY