Letters: Aug. 30, 1982

Turner's TV

To the Editors:

Ted Turner [Aug. 9] has done in two years what the Big Three networks could not do in 30. He has given the American people nonpackaged news reports 24 hours a day. Eventually, network news executives will learn that flashy video graphics and handsome anchors by themselves do not constitute good journalism. Go get 'em, Ted.

Francis P. Ruggiero

Delhi, N. Y.

For years the West Coast had to be content with stale news from tapes that were hours old. Now CNN delivers news with old-fashioned objective reporting. It makes no attempt to preform viewers' opinions, as the networks do....

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