I have seen it occasionally and enjoyed the reports they present. However if it on a topic I have no interest in, I switch channels.

Why don't these Dateline people just Molest these children themsleves and then get Matt Lauer to interview the beautiful pedophiles.

What a disgrace last night. Just Awful.

We need to protect our children from Dateline.

Someone said this is investigative reporting? OMFG! Emptyheads, poorly imitating emotion, even more poorly mimicking intelligence, reading lines concocted by biased infotainment producers, and someone out there is buying that this is reportage? OMFG -- the end is near, indeed. Wake up, numbskulls!

I believe that most Americans, millions of Americans, have completed stopped really listening to and/or watching the major news shows because of the irresponsible loss of objectivity. Most Americans do not trust a media form that thinks the masses need to be told how to think and very angry that the major news shows tried to dangerously influence OUR government. Two of the most dangerous human emotions are fear and hatethank God, the tactics of national media did not succeed in using these extremely negative human emotions to sway politics. The American people are getting too smart and not giving any trust to the national media anymoreThank God! All the major news shows are probably lying about the numbers watching to cover up the major loss of trust and respect for the medium.

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They staged that stupid pickup fire.

Boring and laughably biased to the left. Inferior computer graphics and no real sense of humor.

Actually fair and balanced.

Dateline NBC is quite informative and interesting most times, and Jane Pauley and Stone Phillips anchor it well. There's some good investigative reporting here which always makes for a decent show.

When dateline started it was excellent, but just like the rest of the followers, hardly anything original on t. v. anymore, all dateline did was take cout t.v.'s idea after they saw how successful it is, reinforces my principal of not watching t.v. in general, mostly commercials anyway. used to get t.v. free while people trying to sell there product via paying for ad's on t.v. Now we pay to watch t.v., advertisers still pay, and very few minutes of actual program--in my opnion, and many people I know it is just another supposedly legal scam-- no wonder people get discusted with the television programing. I and many peopel refuse to buy anything that is advertised on t.v. I would hope the brain trust of t.v in general, will wake up some day.

ALWAYS watch Dateline! It is a never miss in this household. Interesting stories, fantastic interviews, just an all around great newsmagazine.

Re: Typic #1: Friday 5/30/03 Dateline story on the young black man accused of murder (Sterling was his first name). That young man got shafted by everyone. In the very beginning the defense attorney that did not enter the evidence to prove him innocent and the present prosecuter (whose father was the sheriff at the time of the murder) made a deal to release him if he would plead guilty to the crime. It seems that the police in that county/state did not follow simple police procedures in the case. Even when the private investigator and the two other attorneys found evidence that would prove he didn't commit the murders; the judge did not allow it to be presented even after the North Carolina Supreme court ruled otherwise. That man has suffered long enough for something he apparently did not do. Where was the NAACP and Jesse Jackson to help Sterling when he needed the help? It took 3 white people to do the research and to track down the red haired, white childhood friend of the young man to prove him innocent of the crime. My husband and I are white but it seems that if you are black and/or poor and the prosecuter needs a conviction you are just out of luck. We live in Springfield, Illinois (the home of the NAACP), Land of Lincoln - someone should have helped this young man. Most of the people on death row are probably guilty of the crime they are convicted of but there are also probably quite of few people there simply because the prosecution needed a body to put in jail and "solve" the crime. Our court system scares us. I worked for the Illinois State Legislature for over 20 years and my confidence in our government has declined over the years. Typic #2: if our government keeps allowing our jobs to be sent out of country - there will not be jobs for people to buy the products that are imported into America. When will our leaders wake up to that fact? Typic #3: so much money is spent on war and sending money to other countries (that do NOT have our best interests) that our senior citizens, our children don't get a good education (seems like school districts lay off teachers as a solution to not enough money)and the poor fall through the "cracks". I know this is longer than it should be but these are just some of the problems our county is facing that really scare us. This situation with Sterling would not have become known if your program had not been aired. Your programs are informative and educational. Keep up the good work. Mary Jo and George Paoni, Springfield, Illinois

I really enjoy dateline, it is informative, emotional and entertaining. Journalism at its' finest.

Virtually everything Dateline features is taken from court tv, what ever happened to originality and being the first to break the story (obviously something dateline knows nothing about). Everyone if youre looking for news that is original and thought provoking, I suggest you tune into Primetime Thursday on ABC Thurs night @ 10 pm

I watch Dateline regularly and enjoy it very much. There is an article in the Bakersfield Californian today about the murder of the Assistant D.A. It is most interesting and I believe would be noteworthy for your program. It has to do with the possible cover-ups by gay people in high places to protect their lifestyles.

The piece on movers last night was astounding! Something needs to be done about them. My husband and I moved last year but we did not have any trouble with our movers. I believe these are the reasons why we did not have problems - it was a local move, not long distance. We moved most of our belongings ourselves and used the movers only for our furniture. I hope we don't move again but if we do, I will remember this piece and have a gun ready for any mover that tries to pull a fast one on us.

The recent story on Benny Hinn Ministries creates nothing but bias media trying having nothing better to do than bash ministries that are helping people.

i love to watch the show but i usually see if there is a good story on it...if it's a topic that bores me then i skip it..

Really cool stories and I never get tired of Stone Phillips.

At last a show that tells the truth and complete reports on subjects of interest to all.

The piece with Suzanne Summers. She was having a regular check up. Because her sister had cancer they gave her a new ultrasound and found cancer. At the end of the piece it said, "if the cancer was not found in a year it might have been too late". That doesn't say much about her mammogram. If she wasn't an wealthy person or if she was a regular jane doe..there would have been no new ultrasound and the next year at her mammogram the news would have been CANCER and it is a late detection. I didn't find the news piece helpful. I feel like a regular mammogram isn't helping most women. Can you do a follow up and help with this issue.

Dateline NBC has changed so greatly over the years, and Jane Pauley and Stone Philips recieve full credit. They don't just sit around and talk about politics. No, they go out into the world and talk to these people, and prove that the stories are real. See, when you watch 60 minutes, they don't prove it to you, they just tell you this, saying this and that, but can you belive it?

I am writing to comment on your show from April 3, 2001 about the Mail Sexual Harassment that went on at Long Prairie Packing Co. I use to work there and frankly was very disapointed in the show. I believe (know) that there is much more to this story than what you report last night. It only aired for 13 minutes. You can't even begin to tell the story about that place in 13 minutes. I know this was taped over a year ago. I have been waiting ever since to see it aired. I had almost given up. I was hoping that the reason it had not aired was that you had someone in the plant undercover getting tape of the violating going on. Believe me it still goes on. I don't care what they say. And it wasn't just in the plant. I worked in the office and the environment was just as hostile there. I am hoping that you will do a follow up to this story and tell alot more of what really goes on there and the parts the Management played in ALL of it! KN

I watched your show last night on the Continental passenger that broke the gate agents neck. I am very disappointed at the jury's decision to acquit Mr Davis. I am a gate agent. The job becomes less tolerable all the time, but that is what it is, A JOB!!! We don't make the rules, overbook the flights or set the fares. We are just doing our job. Should we expect to have our necks broken for it? One of the Jurors said it should send us a message about how we treat our passengers. Just exactly what is it they think they have purchased when they buy an Airline ticket? Our souls, perhaps? How do they expect flights to go on time and everything run smoothly if we have to cater to each and every persons little whim. How will they continue to get their cheap fares if we had that kind of staffing?I can't imagine any other group of Customer relations employees that take more abuse than gate agents, for so little pay. Now with this courts decision we can expect to be body slammed any time the public gets upset. Very good America. Way to go!

Tuesday, April 3,2001 show. John Davies case. I was surprised that there was no mention of the child removed from theparent. To me that is all either the father or mother needed to take whatever action necessary to get to the child. The idea that the parents were not allowed to go down the ramp to get the child is to me out of the question. If it had been me there the case would have been the mother hurting the airline employee. The father would probably not have had a chance to get involved. I wonder if the airline employee has children- I suspect not. Barbara Brinkley/Texas

After watching tonight's issue on teenage girls being drugged with GHB in the nation's first death trial of the Date Drrug, I was mortified to see each child involved take the stand and apologize for poor judgement but never once were the parents asked to testify on their poor judgement. What mother allows her 14 year old daughter to go joy riding with two 16 and 17 year old boys and does not follow up when the child has not returned home at 3 in the morning. The children admitted asking for the liquor and pot. Where have the parents been all this time while their children were using and abusing. It took the death of one child and the near death of a second for anyone to take note of teen drug use??? How terrible!

After watching the Bill Moyers' Report on PBS and being aware that all issues were not covered, I would like to see Dateline do a segment on Multiple Chemical Sensitivity which is a disease caused by the body developing allergic like responses to chemicals we come in contact with everyday--like fragrance, deoterants, fabric softners, pesticides, fertilizers, food additives, copy machines, etc. 18 months ago, I was forced to give up my job as a teacher after 20 years of teaching because I began to react to textbooks, cleaners, perfumes, carpet, magic markers, gas heat, pesticides. I was diagnosed with MCS. I had never heard of this disease and was dumbfounded when I found there was no cure, only avoidance of all chemicals. I am now homebound because getting out is taking a chance on having a reaction. The thing that really bothers me is that more and more chemicals and chemical combinations are being added to products people use everyday. This problem is increasing and something should be done to protect our children.

I viewed your March 20th report on the little one year old found frozen in the snow by her mother. The story was good, however when it was over I could not help but wonder why you did not cap on the part where the police took the mother to the station for a grueling four hours of interegation, when her child needed her at the hospital. This kind of crap goes on everyday in this country. People are assumed and treated guilty first and formost. Later if all checks out, then they are treated innocent. If the police thought the mother might of tried to harm her child, it was just their thought #1, #2 they could have assumed the best and spoke w/mom at the hospital inbetween mom being there for her child. What has happened to this country? We are now conditioned to think automatically the worst of someone, sometimes we don't even think an apology is necessary when we find one has jumped to conclusions, its "just our job" or "how it is". Then we wonder once again what is happening with the children, their attitudes, their actions. There's another story here that I hope you will decide to do a piece on. "Guilty untill proven innocent"! My best advice it to keep showing that piece over and over to put a fire under the people, and under you too. I am glad that little girl is okay, but what about the mom, and don't make excuses for the police action, it is all too commom today and disgusts me! we as a nation are too quick to accuse. Accidents do "just happen" so do "mistakes", but that is no excuse to accuse first and foremost! Thank you Sincerely Karen L. Stalie

I think you have the best show on tv, It gives people a chance to know whats going on in the world and it explains every little detail,unlike other shows,I hope it stays on tv for a long time.I also like how you involve your viewers in with the story and you can go on the computer and give comments!

Night before last, I witnessed one of the most shameful anti-American, anti-Constitutional programs I have witnessed in some time. Dateline NBC presented this disgraceful attempt to undermine one of America's most precious freedoms granted under the Second Amendment of our Constitution. Liberal NBC personality Maria Shriver hosted the Dateline "In the Line Of Fire" special. The program covered the deaths of 35 Americans killed by other people or themselves - using firearms. It was termed; " Gun violence against young people in America". I guess a middle-aged merchant shot by a thug in defense of his store didn't rate any importance to Shriver or NBC. This classic anti-American gun rights diatribe predictably avoided ANY responsibility of these tragedies - over half of them, cold-blooded murders - to the murderer himself. [Where have we seen this conduct before] Emblematic of the catchy leftist phrases constantly used was - "a gun ruined it all". -- "a life forever altered by a gun". It was as if the murderers themselves didn't even take part in the crime - as if an inanimate piece of metal suddenly came to 'life' and somehow, as if having a life of its own - 'decided' to shoot someone! [ Sound familiar?] There was NOT ONE MENTION of the fact that the PEOPLE who pulled the trigger committed murder and that they were murderers and that murderers must be severely punished for these serious crimes. Even though it became apparent that several of these murders were predictable - NO mention was made to suggest that America hold corrupt attorneys and judges accountable for the horrors that they were complicit in allowing. [ Business as usual?] In the suicides, there were phrases such as: "For no apparent reason"- "accidentally went off", and so on - with no attempt to explain why. [Hmmn - wonder why] There was absolutely NO mention of the fact that teen suicides were virtually non-existent among my peers - before prayer was taken out of schools - before Hollywood was allowed to poison our children with the glamorization of promiscuity, drugs, violence and death. Before the President of The United States of America and his constituency declared that " Character doesn't count"[anymore], and that ANY crime is OK if you get away with it. There is no God - there are no 'family values' - there is no self-accountability, patriotism is for losers, and there are no moral codes - and the rest of the now familiar filth proclaimed or performed by the past administration and its allies in Hollywood. The balance of 'accidental' shootings were treated as if the guns themselves were demonic in nature and were entirely 'to blame' for the tragedies. Little if any emphasis was placed on the lack of responsible conduct by the adults who owned the guns. I still remember an incident that happened many years ago. I had invited an old college chum and his family to dinner at my home. Because I did not know the children, I advised my friend that I was a gun collector, and although my collectibles were never loaded I did have firearms in the house loaded for protection against criminals. Their undisiplined children immediately began rummaging through my private belongings and areas they shouldn't have touched. I immediately advised my friend that he must IMMEDIATELY control the behavour of his children if he were to remain a guest in my home. In short order it was apparent that these kids had never been disciplined in their own home and had no respect for mine - not to mention the lack of respect the father of the children had for my wishes as a responsible person. Because of the gravity of the risk involved under the circumstances, I politely asked my friend and family to leave my home immediately. That was all there was to that. Its called RESPONSIBILITY. Gun shows were demonized as hotbeds of criminal weapons transactions. A false and slanderous statement was made by Shriver to the effect that near half of the " illegal guns that come into this country, come through gun shows". An "illegal" gun would be a non-licensed fully automatic weapon, or unlicensed silencer, or unlicensed 'short barrel', which covers most of the 'offending' categories. I have been a gun collector and have attended and displayed at these shows all over the country for over 30 years. I can't remember seeing any "illegal" guns for sale. That was an outright lie fostered by NBC to mislead uninformed Americans to coerce them to invalidate their own Constitution - and I resent it! The entire special was geared to elicit emotional response to the 'victims' of the shootings and to demonize the inanimate gun it self - NOT to press for stronger enforcement of laws broken by criminals - or a responsible introspective analysis of why teens would take their life in the current environment as opposed to an almost non existent incident when we were a more moral society. Of course, the rotten track record of NBC as far as patriotism, pro-Americanism, ethical conduct, and truthfulness is well documented. Mockery of vice-president Quayle, Support for South African Marxist terrorists, Support of murders, double standard racial lies, siding with the enemy against President Reagan, promoting teen homosexual behavior, slandering Judge Bork, sympathy for Communist demonstrators, support for FSLN Marxists, and monumental hypocrisy in general are just a few of the examples of odious conduct against the decent people in America.

The Dateline program that aired March 4, 2001. Maria Schriver, commentator. The young man killed by the attempted robery that he was going to commit. You stated he was shot and killed by the store owner and that he was "victim number __". He was not a victim, he was a person out to take someone's life and money. The store worker should be praised for standing up against the robber. Maybe if more of the clerks and owners were armed, their would be less roberies. The real victims, innocent children shot were very sad. The person(s) responsible, the parents should be prosicuted, for child neglect and indangerment. When I was growing up we always had a loaded gun in our house. We were taught not to touch it and also taught to respect it and what it would do if misshandled. Our children grew up in the same manner. I am a active hunter with a gun and bow. They are not as dangerous as the vehicles that we drive. If you checked the statistics on how many innocent children are killed each week by vehicles it would be overwhelming. Teenagers on the road are just that, young unexperienced drivers with the total control of a very dangerous weapon, the American Car/Truck. Thank you. Nancy Pape Florissant, Missouri

I am writing in response to your program aired 3/2/01, in which you discuss the canine breed: Presa Canario. Until this awful incident occurred, I was unaware that this breed is available in the US. My family is from the Canary Islands, where this breed originates and we have always had them in our lives. Your piece should have included research on the origins of this breed, the country they originate from, and the experiences people in that country have lived with. This dog is known in the Canary Islands for its beauty, loyalty, good/playful nature and usefulness. We have grown up from infancy near these fabulous creatures & we have never had a vicious experience like the one you describe in your piece. On the other hand, your piece adequately touched on owner's responsibilities and influences. This is undoubtedly where the responsibilities for any dog's behavior belongs. Much as with children, we are the ones who create fears, insecurities, aggressive impulses, etc. It is a shame to speak about banning this breed from the country because of this. (Do not misunderstand, I do believe this young woman's death is a tragedy.) However, the responsibility should rest with the real culprits: the people who raised these animals.

Dateline took a giant step backwards on it's story regarding bulls (2-25-01)and that includes the pathetic Australian cowboy who commented that bulls in rodeos (they buck because of a rope tied around their genital area) like doing their job and going home at the end of the day--how incredibly absurd to project that an animal enjoys pain and suffering! as for the rest of the bull, it's a way of life in Spain and elsewhere to stab, torture, tease and frighten bulls, but basically if left alone they tend to be on the quiet side--what a revelation! it never ceases to amaze and anger me the incredible gall and liberties that humans assume over animals--and for what?...explotation, entertainment, food, and ego trips. The biggest paradox however is in the next breath and segment, a debate to see if our government will allow the use of fetuses for very promising stem cell research, particualary with Parkinsons disease--a method that does not cause any harm or suffering to humans or animals--yet absurd moral issues and battles arise that could possibly stop a cure. It's a very sad commentary that people are still so incredibly explotive and cruel towards animals, but worse is the fact that's it's still being produced and aired as just a segment on bulls. If Dateline wants to do an unbiased story on animals--go to a slaughter house.

This is without a doubt the best show on television! I love the real life stories and the talented way they are communicated to the world. Thanks you for giving me something on tv to watch that isn't a dumb sitcom :) Suzanne Cleveland

The information you shared on the segment on the Monday night show about the dog attacks in SF was very informative. It did not single out a breed of dog which is very important. Because its not the breed of dog that the problems are from its the people that are raising and training them to do these things. It would be nice to have a show on how to responsibly buy a dog from a reputable breeder and how to raise and train your puppy/dog to be a canine good citizen.I think proper education is the key and you are on to a good start. Blaming a certain dog breed/breeds is not solving anything but educating will.

I just wanted to say I think you did a great job on the piece last night (2-05-01) on the dog attack in SanFransisco. As a MASTIFF owner there has been some confustion on the breed that did the killing and I think you set the story straight on that. Keep up the good work!! Karen

The information you shared on the segment on the Monday night show about the dog attacks in SF was very informative. It did not single out a breed of dog which is very important. Because its not the breed of dog its the fact that people are the reason for the things that happen in these situations. I would like you to do a show on how these sorts of people can and should be dealt with in these situations.thank you

If anyone should be at fault it should be the management company who runs Vail. I skied Vail last week and was shocked by the number of skiers going too fast and/or skiing to close to me. As a matter of fact, I was skiing on the very same intermediate slope that your story's accident occurred on and was knocked down by an out of control skier coming from the expert part of the run. Not only did he knock me down, but he was so out of control he couldn't and didn't stop. Fortunately, I was not injured. My husband saw the collision and yelled to the skier to watch where he was going. How many deaths/accidents have to occur before Vail decides to do something about it? The accident in your story occured more than three years ago...and as of 5 days ago, similar situations are still occurring. If anyone's to blame it should be Vail management. More things should be done to police the slopes. Like driving, skiing should be policed and people should be fined/punished according to the rules they break. I bet the number of accidents that occur would go down dramatically. Thank you for your story.

As an owner and lover of the Old English Mastiff breed, I want to thank you for your coverage of the horrible killing in San Francisco of the young woman by the Presa Canario dog. Too many journalists have jumped the gun and named our beloved breed in this tragedy, without doing their research. The English Mastiff is a guardian, yes, but not an attack dog...there is a big difference. No breed should be singled out for blame when it is the owners who should be held responsible!

I AM EXTREMELY DISAPOINTED IN THE WAY YOUR SHOW HAS REPRESENTED THE TEEN POPULATION IN ITS LATEST REPORTS. ALL YOUR PROGRAM HAS SHOWN THE AMERICAN PUBLIC IS THAT TEENS ARE TAKING DRUGS, GOING TO HUGE RAVES, AND HAVING SEX WITH EACH OTHER. YOU ALWAYS SAY "DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR KIDS ARE DOING?" YOU HAVE A MINIMAL NUMBER OF TEENS ON YOUR SHOW WHO TELL YOU THEIR HORROR STORIES OF DRUG ABUSE, AND GETTING PREGNANT AT 15 YEARS OLD. SINCE WHEN DOES THIS MEAN THAT EVERY TEEN IN AMERICA DOES THE SAME THING. MY MOTHER NO LONGER ALLOWS ME TO HANG-OUT WITH MY FRIENDS FROM SCHOOL BECAUSE SHE SAW THESE SHOWS. WHY DON'T YOU HAVE A WORTH-WHILE SHOW ABOUT THOSE TEENS WHO ARE MAKING THE GRADES FOR IVY-LEAGUE SCHOOLS, WAITING TO HAVE SEX WHEN THEY ARE MARRIED, AND HAVE NEVER HAD ANY CONTACT WITH DRUGS OR ALCOHOL, BECAUSE THEY'RE TOO SMART TO SCREW UP THEIR LIVES LIKE THAT!! MY SISTER IS ONE OF THESE NON-SCREWED UP TEENS. IT IS AN OUTRAGE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE SHOWS ABOUT TEEN VICTIMS. WHAT ABOUT THOSE TEENS WHOSE PARENTS DON'T CARE WHETHER THEY LIVE OR DIE EACH DAY. I AM ONE OF THE TEENS WHO HAS RELIED ON CERTAIN DRUGS TO KEEP ME FROM BEING SO DEPRESSED THAT I KILL MYSELF. I AM A VICTIM OF INCEST. MY MOM HAS BELIEVED THAT I WANTED WHAT HAPPENED TO ME, THAT IT WAS CONSENTUAL. SHE TOLD ME NOT TO TELL THE POLICE ANYTHING THAT WOULD GET MY BROTHER IN ANY MORE TROUBLE THAN HE WAS ALREADY IN. ALL I WANTED TO DO FOR 2 MONTHS STRAIGHT, WAS DIE. MY MOM ONLY WORRIED ABOUT MY BROTHER'S SAFETY, AND BLAMED ME FOR HIM BEING SENT TO JUVENILE HALL. I CAN'T BE AROUND CROWDS, OR MEN BECAUSE I CAN'T TRUST THEM. THAT'S WHY I TAKE DRUGS. WHY DON'T YOU HAVE A SHOW ABOUT THAT. I'M SURE MORE TEENS COULD RELATE TO THIS, THAN THEY CAN WITH YOUR "I'M AN OUTCAST, SO I SNIFF RIDALIN" STORIES.

I HAD TO WRITE TO TELL YOU HOW DISSAPPOINTED I WAS IN THE SEGMENT ON SUNDAY, 2-4-01 IN REGARDS TO THE BABY CRIB SHEETS. I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU USED YOUR SHOW TO ADVERTISE FOR A MAGAZINE. I WAS WATCHING CLOSELY TO FIND OUT THE BRANDS OF SHEETS TO STAY AWAY FROM AS WELL AS THE BRAND TO BUY. ONLY TO BE INFORMED I COULD FIND THIS VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION IN A MAGAZINE! IT SO HAPPENS I WASN'T INTERESTED FOR MYSELF AS MY CHILDREN ARE GROWN, BUT FOR MY SISTER AND HER BABY. I DO WATCH AND ENJOY YOUR SHOW ON A REGULAR BASIS, AND WAS SO TAKEN BACK BY THIS. PLEASE IF YOU ARE GOING TO AIR AN INFORMATIVE STORY, FINISH IT!!! SINCERELY, LINDA

I am sending feedback on 1/30/01 Dateline. As usual I think your show is great. My commment is not about the show itself but about the young man who was convicted of skiing out of control. I would like to send my condolences to the woman who lost her loved one. However, I cannot believe that someone wsa charged with a skiing crime!!!! What wlse will the blooksucking lawyers in our country do to get their hooks in people and get their money. And...what in the heck is our country coming too anyways????? My God...there are children starving to death, getting beaten , molested, neglected all over the USA tonight. Not to mention, killers, rapists, theives etc are at it also. These preditors get off in our judicial system for these wicked crimes every day...and you are telling me that this young man was convicted of skiing out of control????? WHAT A JOKE!!!! Whoever charged him with this crime should be ashamed of themselves. What a waste of our courts time and of the viewers time!! What is going to happen to the little child who is sledding out of control and kills a kid...are they going to charge him for sledding misconduct and involuntary manslaughter on a sledding hill????? I wish the young man luck in his sentencing hearing and I do hope that the judge isn't as stupid as the jurors!!!!

Its ok but it could be more exciting like E.T!

Dear Dateline, I watched you segment about unsafe skiing and Nathan Hall. It was a fantastic segment. Nathan and other people who do not ski in control are a MAJOR risk to anybody and everybody on the slopes. The guilty verdict says that yes, human lives do mean something and your are responsible for your actions. I have had more than 6 incidents where I have seen an out of control/unsafe skier take out/crash into unsuspecting Novice, Intermediate and yes, Expert skiers. My girlfriend of 5 years was skiing on a blue run at a nice pace and an out of control snow boarder hit her from behind at about 25-30 miles per hour. He knocked her 5 feet in the air, he did not stop, he did not yell, he did not try and fall to prevent the collision. She luckly landed in soft snow and was not injured badly. The snowboarder that collided with her ended up 50 feet down the run on his back with one ski of her skies in each hand, laughing. He did not see anything wrong with what he had done. I have seen a young man come into a lift line at a high rate of speed and take out a small child. When I approached him, he said, “the kid got in my way!” At Sugar Loaf resort in Michigan I have seen the ski patrol pull lift tickets of unsafe skiers. They’re strategy was that when the patrol saw an unsafe or out of control skier they would pull the skier’s lift ticket an give them a large orange sticker the said “I have been a bad skier. If you see me doing anything wrong please report me to the ski patrol”. This large orange sticker was then the bad skier’s lift ticket, so If the bad skier wanted to continue skiing he had to wear the sticker. If the bad skier was being unsafe or out of control again the ski patrol would take his large orange sticker away and the skier would have to get off the slopes. I have not seen any other ski resort EVER pull a lift ticket of and unsafe or out of control skier. This is a standard that ALL ski resort should have to adopt and enforce. There are to many young skier’s that think the slope is made for them, they look at slow skier’s as objects that are just in the way. Ski resorts, please start pulling the lift tickets of unsafe skiers before they injure, paralyze, maim or kill someone else. The out of control skier may be mad if his lift ticket is pulled, but the other skiers on your slopes will be safer and happier and will return again and again.

What a tragic story Jan 30. Where's the justice in convicting Nathan of Criminal Negligent Homicide for an accident, very tragic but none the less an ACCIDENT? Where was the jury when the testimony was given? Did they listen to the evidence or did they want to send a message to all the reckless skiers on the slope. How were they allowed to hear a tape that should have been inadmissible? How did they weigh their decision so heavily on that tape? Nathan had a serious head injury, may have been given pain killers,did not have his rights read to him, was taped without his knowledge. Does it sound reasonable to convict a man that probably was not clearminded when he spoke and that the tape was not complete? Obviously a serious head injury was sustained and things get scrambled. He sounded coherent and knew what he was saying? Did he know that the officer was taping him and clearly gathering evidence to try a criminal case? Did the officer set the tape in plain view and say "Tell me Nathan,what really happened? I'm gathering evidence to convict you." Gaps throughout the tape, maybe the words were taken out of context or spliced. Maybe the young man said How did this happen? What happened? I don't understand ..."I am an expert skiier and I never lose control" ... I flew over the knoll and lost control and was unable to slow down... Is the tape sequential? Of course we will never know because this tape was incomplete and had gaps. Was there only one knoll? The officers conduct was appalling, he did not read Nathan his rights, he did not tell him that they were treating this as a criminal case and yet the officer questioned and recorded Nathan's statement with the clear intent to use it as evidence in a criminal case. Someone needs to investigate the officer and the methods of gathering evidence used by the police in this area. Also I would like to comment on the Judge that testified, he too admitted to being a fast skier and that Nathan was going 3-4 x's faster than he was. Did he have a radar gun? Is he an expert at judging someones speed? Did he see Nathan long enough to make that kind of determination? Does that mean the judge was only going 10 mph? I highly doubt that. What if he had been the one in the accident, would he have judged himself to be reckless or just an expert skiier in control? The testimony suppported the fact that Nathan lost control and was unable to slow down. Leaning back, only the backs of his skis touching the ground, does that sound like an expert skier or someone that was in control? When was the last time you hit a slush or ice spot and kept control? Did you slow down while you were spinning out of control or did you continue at the speed you were going before you hit the ice. When was the last time you had full knowledge of the fact that the ice/slush spot was coming up and that you should have come to a crawl before you hit the ice, to prevent the spin. Were you acting unreasonalbe for not knowing ahead of time that there was danger ahead. Nathan says now he was going too fast, hindsight is a great tool, now he knows he obviously was going too fast to regain control. The should of's and could of's can go on forever. He was on an employee run and was going fast no danger there, very few if anyone else on the run, he lost control just before he entered another run hitting and killing a man, tragic but not a crime. An experienced skiier would know when to slow down and if he had been in control I'm confident he would have. I hope these jurors can live with the fact that they have convicted a young man that is a victim of circumstance and conditions on a slope that lead to a tragic end, but should not be put away for 3 years on Criminal Homicide Charges. I hope they never have to be judged as harshly for any mistakes they make in the future. My condolences to Alan's family and fiancee, and prayers of healing and peace for both victims and their families.

I just watched you segment on Nathan Hall. I am amazed that the State of Colorado has decided to ruin this young mans life. Every piece of the prosecutions evidence, was taylor made to railroad this boy. I have been skiing for 28 years, and for the past 15 years I have been working in the ski business. There are two basic rules that EVERYONE involved in operating a ski srea agree upon. 1. Most people either ski or snowboard out of control, and 2. Everyone lies about his or her ability.I once had an out of control skiier, fly past the chairlift loading area,go completely off the run, and run into the snowmobile that I was sitting on.If I had been injured would she have been liable? More people than you care to know about,not only have one beer but get very drunk and then go skiing.Almost every ski area in the world has an advanced run that merges with a less advanced run.Every ski area in the world has snow conditions that vary from powder to ice at any given time,on any given run, every day they are open.I have to admit that I have done the same thing that Nathan did. I was skiing too fast coming off an advanced run into a beginner run. I looked back to talk to my girlfriend and when I turned my head to look where I was going, I ran right into a beginner. He was snowplowing across the run, and never saw me coming. Was either one of us at fault or were we both just accepting the risks that are inherent to the sport of skiing? This sport is a very risky thing, and I think it is real sad that in this case there was a death.But what is even more sad is that the people on the jury had a Hoiler than thou attitude. But then this does not suprise me in the least, most people in Colorado look down on the rest of us peasents.

I think Dateline NBC is a very informative and entertaining show. I look forward to each new topic that they come out with. My favorite topics are the one that show people over coming tough situations that happen in their lives.

The topic for tonight was great, but i was very disappointed in the outcome. I think the skier was very, very innocent. Weren't we all told as toddlers that "accidents happen"!!! Maybe the victim shouldn't have been at the top of the mountain, he was only a beginner. Every skier is suppose to be alert of whats around them at all times. VERY bad decision by the jury, it could have been one of them!

Dear Jane and Stone, After watching your report on 5MPH crash data this evening, I felt compelled to comment. Although your data was informative, it was prohibitively biased and unscientific. Yes, the test in question was a good indicator of minor auto body damage, however, you failed to educate the viewing audience that these same cars may exhibit the exact opposite results under conditions greater than 35MPH. Your report was misleading, focused solely on the low speed test, without any correlation or indication on higher speed crashes, which could involve signficant loss of life. It is information like this that can lead the average consumer to consider this a major buying factor when purchasing a car and can sway the auto manufacturer to abandon safety for the sake of a televised, insignificant 5MPH crash. In the future, I hope that you can include the whole picture before misleading your viewing audience. Kind Regards, Barbara McGrath

AFTER WATCHING THE SEGMENT ABOUT THE SKIER CHARGED GUILTY I FELT THE NEED TO WRITE MY OPINION. THE SKIER WAS NOT DRUNK OR ALTERED IN ANY WAY. THERE IS NO SPEED LIMIT FOR SKIERS. THERE WAS NO INTENT TO INJURE OR KILL ANOTHER HUMAN BEING. THIS YOUNG MAN WAS AN AVID SKIER WHO LOST CONTROL DUE TO THE CONDITIONS OF THE TERRAIN...WHY ON EARTH IS HE BEING CONVICTED OF NEGLIGENCE IN A HOMICIDE CASE? I DO NOT SKI, HOWEVER, I PARTICIPATE IN 2 ACTIVITIES WHICH I TRAVEL APPROX. 30 MILES AN HOUR...IF I LOST CONTROL RIDING MY BICYCLE OR INLINE SKATING...AND CAUSED THE DEATH OF ANOTHER HUMAN BEING...I WOULD NOT ACCEPT BEING HELD RESPONSIBLE. IF A CAR TRAVELING SUDDENLY LOST A WHEEL AND THE CAR WENT OUT OF CONTROL...KILLING ANOTHER HUMAN BEING...WOULD I BE GUILTY OF HOMICIDE? THIS WAS AN UNFORTUNATE AND TERRIBLE LOSS OF A LIFE, HOWEVER, TO HOLD THIS YOUNG MAN RESPONSIBLE SO THAT THE LOVED ONES OF THE DECEASED COULD HAVE SOME CLOSURE...SEEMS ALMOST TOO RIDICULOUS TO BE TRUE. THIS SEGMENT REALLY UPSET ME...WHAT RIGHT DOES ANYONE HAVE TO FIND HIM GUILTY...WHEN THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF THE ACTUAL SPEED OR EVIDENCE OF RECKLESS SKIING BY THE YOUNG MAN? AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED...HAD THE YOUNG MAN BEEN SKIING SLOWER OR MORE CAUTIOUSLY...THE SAME RESULT IN THIS COLLISION COULD HAVE OCCURRED. THE HUMAN BODY CAN BE INJURED CAUSING DEATH...FROM A SIMPLE FALL...JUST DEPENDING ON HOW AND WHERE THE BODY IS INJURED. THE JURORS BASED THERE DECISION ON A FEW PEOPLES HERESAY...TOTALLY UNFAIR...EVEN THE GIRLFRIEND CLAIMED THAT HE WAS GOING TOO FAST AND OUT OF CONTROL...DIDNT THEY SAY SHE WAS A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE IN FRONT OF THE UNFORTUATE AND DEADLY ACCIDENT...WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT THIS YOUNG MAN IS SET FREE...HE HAS AND WILL SUFFER THE HORRIBLE ACCIDENT THE REST OF HIS LIFE...ISNT THAT ENOUGH ? WHAT A SHAME...SOME OF LIFE IS VERY UNJUST. SKATER58