Channel has mandate to inform public
Folks think of local TV and radio as a joke more than anything else. The big guys-ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox-are the "important"ones with the "real"news. But the big guys don't know and don't care what's going on in Fayetteville. Oh, they give us a few sound bites in their local division, but there's no in-depth stuff on what's going on with the mayor's office, the city council, planning-the many local governmental groups whose actions can so affect our lives. That's where CATV and the Government Channel come in. CATV is good, but it has no need to present a topic from any other point of view than that of the program producer. Government Channel has the mandate to give forums showing multiple points of view on anything local government is planning. Or Government Channel had the mandate to give forums showing multiple points of view on anything local government is up to. In the last few weeks, a major change has occurred. Citizen-requested local forums are now limited to whatever the local administration wishes to air. Neither the founders of this nation nor the founders of Government Channel had in mind making the press a government mouthpiece, but that's what this does. Contact Richard Drake, chair of the Telecom Committee, or your Fayetteville City Council representative. Either let Government Channel do its job or shut it down. We don't need propaganda machines in Fayetteville.
BARBARA FITZPATRICK
Fayetteville
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