"The key here is the focus on local news," says co-author Ken Goldstein,
Ph.

Reference: American Journal of Managed Care, March 2006, pp 170-176

The study was funded by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Newslab's original funding was from the Pew Charitable Trusts.

This news release was issued on behalf of Newswise(TM).newswise.

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And many areas of
the country were experiencing an ongoing outbreak of West Nile Virus
infections at the time. For example, breast cancer got far more
coverage than lung cancer, which is the leading cause of cancer death in the
United States; only five stories focused on lung cancer. Such
analysis can be important for improving communications in a public health
crisis, as well as the day-to-day flow of information from newly published
health studies, new government recommendations, and innovations in medical
care made available by doctors and hospitals.polisci., and Stacey K. Noel, M.

Western Growers Supports President Bush's Call for Immigration Reform Guest Worker Program

"We fully support the President's recognition that effective
immigration reform consists of much more than talking tough and sealing the
border . Forward-looking statements are necessarily subject
to risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside the
control of the Company that could cause actual results to differ materially
from such statements.

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"The onus is on health care providers, organizations and agencies to
provide information in a helpful way that will help local TV reporters cover
health and medicine better.

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And 40 of the breast
cancer stories focused on one study about the effectiveness of teaching women
to examine their breasts for signs of cancer .
Pribble and Goldstein don't blame just the newscast producers and
reporters for these problems ."
Goldstein hopes that further studies using the Newslab's digital
recordings of local TV news will help both broadcasters and health experts
understand how to improve the health information that reaches the public. The cash merger transaction is subject to
regulatory approval and is expected to close in approximately one month.

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The
researchers also looked for patterns in the stories carried on different
stations, for example items about a single new research study that appeared on
multiple newscasts. They emphasize that public health authorities,
clinical experts and researchers must give reporters information, interviews
and pre-taped video that meet the demands of TV newscasts, which must tell
stories quickly, visually and in language that's understandable to non-
experts.
For more information on Newslab, visit
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Nassif welcomed promised action by Congress on the issue in early 2006. For more information, visit http://www.

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, a lecturer in the Department of Emergency Medicine
at the U-M Medical School who began the study as a U-M Robert Wood Johnson
Clinical Scholar. Terms
of the transaction were not disclosed.
Valspar shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol
VAL.

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"The political pressure to abandon this key
element of immigration reform is enormous, but without a guest worker program,
immigration reform will fail. Calling a guest worker program amnesty may be
politically expedient in the 2006 election cycle, but it is nothing more than
pandering and any policy that fails to recognize the reality of 11 million
foreign workers in this country would be a travesty. We are committed to strengthening and
expanding the Cabot brand under the continued leadership of John Schutz,
Cabot's Chief Executive Officer.

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For instance, a story that aired on several stations reported on lemon
juice's effect on sperm and speculated about, or presented as fact, the use of
lemon juice as an effective contraceptive , and its potential effect on
preventing sexual transmission of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
Meanwhile, most of the West Nile stories didn't put the disease into
perspective by comparing its prevalence and severity with that of other, much
more common and deadly, infectious diseases . We also welcome action to
legalize our work force and finally create an immigration policy that makes
sense.

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The study focused on broadcasts from October 2002, which had been stored
in Newslab's servers for analysis pertaining to elections held that November.

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But the first-ever national study of that coverage
finds many problems with it, and sees room for improvement by both TV stations
and the health experts whose work fills the news. For more
information, visit http://www.com . "We welcome action to
secure our borders and make our nation safe. Mansfield, Valspar's President and Chief Executive Officer,
said, "Cabot Stains has a long, distinguished history and an outstanding
reputation for quality products. Walker, Vice President, Treasurer
and Controller of Valspar at 612-375-7350.

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Local TV News Covers Health a Lot But Not Always Well

In the March issue of the American Journal of Managed Care, researchers
from the University of Michigan and the University of Wisconsin-Madison report
results from an in-depth analysis of health coverage on local TV newscasts
from across the country.wisc.
"We were heartened to see the President maintain his call for a guest
worker program," said Nassif.
"The country has been promised action on this critical issue by Majority
Leader Frist and others early next year," said Nassif."

Western Growers is an agricultural trade association whose members grow,
pack and ship 90 percent of the fresh vegetables and nearly 70 percent of the
fresh fruit and nuts grown in Arizona and California, about one-half of the
nation's fresh produce.wga.

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, a UW-Madison professor of political science.D.A.

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"Local TV news is the
single greatest source of information for the majority of Americans -- whether
it be politics or health -- and understanding what sorts of health information
people are being exposed to demands that we analyze the content of this most
prevalent source. Most studies of
health and medical coverage have focused on newspapers and national network
television shows. In fact, stories about West Nile
made up more than half of all stories about infectious diseases carried by
local newscasts in the study period. Leading Agriculture Group Urges Effective, Timely Action on Comprehensive
Immigration Reform

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In all, health and medical stories comprised 11 percent of the news
portion of late-evening newscasts in the one-month period studied, with 1,799
such stories carried on 2,795 broadcasts captured from the representative
sample of 122 stations in the nation's top 50 media markets .
The average story was 33 seconds long, and most did not give specifics
about the source of the information presented.
But most disturbing, the study's authors say, were the egregious errors
contained in a small minority of studies -- errors that could have led to
serious consequences .

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Even more alarming, one of the
stations misinterpreted the study altogether and stated that lemon juice may
be a substitute for "costly" HIV medications.
"Egregious errors such as these can actually harm the public," says lead
author James Pribble, M. Then, a physician or other health professional viewed each story
and categorized it according to the medical condition discussed. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an occasion
that many TV stations use to focus on breast health issues. UW -Madison is currently pursuing funding for
further data collection and studies in 2006. In addition to
Pribble and Goldstein, the new study's authors are: senior author and RWJ
Clinical Scholars Program co-director Joel Howell, M., Western Growers today supported
President Bush's renewed push for immigration reform and called for swift
action to enact an effective guest worker program in conjunction with strong
border enforcement. We expect the acquisition will be slightly
accretive to earnings in 2005.

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Greenberg, M. The President called for action on comprehensive
immigration during speeches in Arizona and Texas earlier this week."
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The foregoing list is not exhaustive, and the Company
disclaims any obligations to subsequently revise any forward-looking
statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such
statements .

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The two most common specific health topics for stories were breast cancer
and West Nile Virus .edu/newslab ."
Western Growers has been a major proponent of immigration reform
throughout the past year and Nassif has been a prominent advocate of a
comprehensive immigration reform package which would include some form of
guest worker program.

This press release contains certain "forward-looking" statements.

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Thousands of hours of local news broadcasts were recorded and compiled by
Newslab, a unique UW-Madison facility directed by Goldstein that was
originally developed to study TV coverage of political campaigns. At the same time, 82 percent of the West
Nile stories failed to tell viewers how to prevent the mosquito bites that
transmit the virus, or what to do if bitten. At the same time, the authors say, they should help reporters put
individual news items into perspective, and help them understand what health
and medical topics have the most bearing on the public's health.

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The new
study is the first time Newslab has been used to study a non-political topic ,
and the first exhaustive study of health coverage on local TV., of the U-M
Department of Emergency Medicine. This nation needs a legal, stable foreign work force and that means
an effective guest worker program as a key element of any immigration reform
policy.com.

Valspar to Acquire Samuel Cabot Incorporated

The combination of the Valspar and Cabot
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retailers and we are enthusiastic about our prospects for growth in this
important distribution channel.

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MINNEAPOLIS, The Valspar Corporation
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agreed to acquire Samuel Cabot Incorporated, a privately owned manufacturer of
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significant national and international events; and other risks and
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, Local television newscasts,
where most Americans get most of their news, are packed with medical stories
and health information. Despite the
fact that the study was done in a research lab, nearly all the stories failed
to mention that it had not involved humans.
They offered a goldmine of health stories.
But the coverage of these two topics highlights some of the problems found
throughout the study, Pribble says.
"The fact that one of the most-covered stories in the study was about the
removal of warts using duct tape, a topic which has questionable public health
value, and that the story originated in a press release from a renowned
medical journal, shows that we in the health community have work to do," says
Pribble., a professor at the U-
M Medical School and School of Public Health; Erika F.
Cabot is based in Newburyport, Massachusetts and had sales in 2004 of
approximately $58 million .

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Items about specific diseases
tended not to contain recommendations for viewers, or information about how
common the disease was -- which could help put the news into perspective with
other health issues.D. But those stories often
contained conflicting messages with introductory statements such as "breast
self-exams are a waste of time" followed by recommendations at the conclusion
of the story that encouraged women to continue performing breast self-exams.
Goldstein and Pribble are currently studying how local news covered health
in 2004, and are also looking at the coverage of health issues on local
Spanish-language television., of the
Newslab; and Matthew J.D. These
forward-looking statements are based on management's expectations and beliefs
concerning future events.

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Each story was viewed by two trained study staff, who noted the story's
subject matter , length and other characteristics, and wrote descriptive
summaries.
"It is long past time for this nation to come to grips with reality and
fix our immigration policy," said Tom Nassif, President and CEO of Western
Growers.
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