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     The news program I watched was the Sunday Night 10 o'clock News on Channel Five.  I estimated commercials to take 8-12 minutes of this half hour program.  In the remaining 18-22 minutes approximately 2 minutes and 30 seconds could be considered creative and even these had negative overtones.  These stories included a two minute piece on children's safety tips in winter sports; and 30 seconds covering the Golden Globe Awards; the Queen's first time out in public since her accident and Prince Charles' people-meeting trip which has received no press coverage.

     The rest of the show was filled with destructive stories ranging from the aftermath of the California earthquake to John Bobbit being sued by a woman who claims he fathered her child.  Some of the other stories included a woman who claimed she was kidnapped by the F.B.I. And threatened to keep quiet about her son's murder, of which she is a suspect; the President's crime control bill; three more murders in the city” Governor Coumo's being challenged to cut taxes by the business council; Gregory Motley, who stole Philip Motley's identity to get a job; and the water main break in Carol Gardens, Brooklyn.  Two other things to note are that there was no sports coverage in this news program due to the fact that there was a half-hour sports coverage program on after the news; and I placed the 2 minutes weather segment as neutral since man does not affect the weather.

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