Letter: 'Rock Center' could have done better covering the LDS Church

Published: Tuesday, Aug. 28 2012 12:39 a.m. MDT

Attendees enjoys the sun on Temple Square during the 182nd Annual General Conference for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City Saturday, March 31, 2012.

Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News

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Aw c'mon, NBC. They surely could have done better than what they did on this week's "Rock Center with Brian Williams."

Aw c'mon, NBC. They surely could have done better than what they did on this week's "Rock Center with Brian Williams." I have been impressed with their in-depth reporting but am disappointed with the shallow, superficial coverage in their recent report on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The part on families and the LDS Church's care for the needy was excellent, but missing were the core beliefs, the organizational structure, leadership, statistics, etc. The emphasis on the well-publicized stereotypes were only distractions.

Don S. Robertson

Spanish Fork

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Midvaliean

MIDVALE, UT

If you were expecting a piece that was going to bring more into the fold, I think you set your expectations WAY to high. NBC is a third party not interested in converting. So their outside perception of Mormons won't ever be what you want. More..

5:34 a.m. Aug. 28, 2012
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Esquire

Springville, UT

The program was overwhelmingly positive. Stop complaining. It wasn't a missionary program. They could have focused on a lot of negative things.

7:54 a.m. Aug. 28, 2012
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JoeBlow

Far East USA, SC

Sharon Angle of Nevada said

"We wanted them to ask the questions we want to answer, so that they report the news the way we want it reported."

It does not work that way, nor should it.

The story YOU want More..

4:21 a.m. Aug. 28, 2012
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