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[Ashley] I want to know why

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media is not reporting

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more stories on issues

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that impact my life?

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[Rob Leer] Stacey, why don't you

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take that one?

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Why is the media not

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reporting more stories

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that impact the life of

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Ashley and others like her?

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[Stacy Nogy] I think that

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the biggest problem is,

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you know, not...

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not knowing about it.

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I've never known KARE 11

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or any other station to ever

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walk away from a story

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that they thought was good.

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And I think we would

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always go after that.

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But... but really, you know,

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when we get... you know...

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most of our news gathering

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comes from people calling

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or e-mailing

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or posting on Facebook,

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saying, "Hey, you really

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need to look at this."

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And so sometimes it's just,

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you know, if we don’t have

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people talking to us about

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these things, we just...

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we don't know.

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And, hopefully, events like this,

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you know, I'll learn something

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from you today, but...

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but I'd encourage you

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to reach out with your stories.

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[Robb Leer] Liz, you want to

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touch that one?

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[Liz Collins] Just to kind of

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echo what was...was said, but it's...

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I want you guys to know

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that we’re not in

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a newsroom meeting,

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in an editorial meeting and saying,

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"Okay, we’re not going to

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do that story because

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it involves people with

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developmental disabilities.

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That conversation is not happening.

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We are, you know, when we're

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hearing about good stories,

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we’re gonna... we're gonna do them.

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There was a tip that came in to me –

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I think it was maybe a year ago now –

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a man who was refused service by

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five different cab companies

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on his way back from Toby Keith's Bar.

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And I pitched the story and I said,

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"You know, this just seems like, you know,

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something we should do tonight."

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And there was some concern because there

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was a problem with his speech,

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but I said, "You know,

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we'll make it work."

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"He has an iPad and

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I know we'll have

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somebody there to

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communicate for him."

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And I think it really,

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it really did strike a nerve.

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The cab company apologized

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and kind of bent over backwards

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to kind of right that wrong.

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And that was something I recognized

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that this is a... this is a good story.

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And we need to... we need to do this.