Editing Fleet News Service

[[Image:Bsg-1-11.jpg|thumb|[[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum]] representative [[Tom Zarek]] speaks to the press, flanked by [[Sekou Hamilton]], [[Playa Palacios]], and [[James McManus]] {{TRS|Colonial Day}}.]]

The '''Fleet News Service''' is the official name of the makeshift news service created by the handful of media reporters still alive in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]].

The news service is comprised primarily of the large group of journalists that traveled aboard ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]'' for ''{{RDM|Galactica}}''{{'|s}} decommissioning ceremony {{TRS|Miniseries}}. 

The news service attends press conferences held by President [[Laura Roslin]] aboard ''[[Colonial One]]'' or with Commander [[William Adama]] and his command staff aboard ''Galactica'' in the [[Pilot Ready Room|pilots' ready room]]. While President [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] tends to utilize them to her benefit at times and has a good relationship with the press corps ("[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]", "[[Home, Part I]]"), neither Commander [[William Adama|Adama]], nor Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] are particularly good at managing the deep and candid questions that the press throws at them {{TRS|Home, Part I}}. 

The news service has been used for spreading information about known Cylon models throughout the Fleet {{TRS|Litmus}}. The political commentary group, the "[[Colonial Gang]]," probably airs on Fleet News Service's [[Talk Wireless]] broadcasts {{TRS|Colonial Day}}.

[[D'Anna Biers]] is a Fleet News Service reporter, and creates a documentary sanctioned by the Fleet's leadership in the aftermath of the [[Gideon massacre|''Gideon'' massacre]] {{TRS|Final Cut}}.

[[The News-Review]] is a print publication, that collects current news {{TRS|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II}}. Journalists and politicians in the Fleet also use a wire service called the [[Colonial Dispatch]] {{TRS|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I}}. 

Following the resumption of their journey post-[[Second Exodus]], the Fleet News Service continues onward with reporting; an interview of Vice President [[Tom Zarek]] is conducted by McManus via Talk Wireless {{TRS|Sine Qua Non}} and various journalists later cover the [[Gaius Baltar|trial of Gaius Baltar]] {{TRS|Crossroads, Part I|Crossroads, Part II}}. 

== ''Colonial Dispatch'' ==
The '''''Colonial Dispatch''''' is a wire service used by journalists and politicians in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]. 

Following the first presidential debate, [[Tory Foster]] reads a news report to [[Laura Roslin]] from the ''Colonial Dispatch'':

: ''Last night's debate only solidified the perception that [[Gaius Baltar|Doctor Baltar]], for all his charm, is essentially an empty suit when it comes to matters of substantial policy.'' {{TRS|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I}}

== Members ==

*[[James McManus]]
*[[Playa Palacios]]
*[[Sekou Hamilton]]
*[[Karen Fallbrook]]
*[[Kimmit]]

== Fringe Journalism ==
[[File:TRS - Sacrifice - Fringe Journals.jpg|thumb|Fringe publications in [[Sesha Abinell]]'s possession {{TRS|Sacrifice}}.]]
Other publications like the ''{{Inlineref|Colonial Report}}, {{Inlineref|Colonial Military Report}}, {{Inlineref|Colonial Update}}'', and ''{{Inlineref|Cylon Watch}}''—most containing speculation about the Cylons' nature and their infiltration of [[The Fleet (TRS)|the Fleet—]]<nowiki/>were acquired by [[Sesha Abinell]] following [[Ray Abinell|her husband's death]]. The widespread legitimacy of these publications, distributed by the {{Inlineref|Colonial Media Coop}}, is in question, as they verge into deleterious conspiracy theories. In one particular instance, the fixation of partial facts relating to [[Sharon Agathon|the presence of a second Sharon Valerii]] in the Fleet drives Abinell and a handful of conspirators to a terminal terrorist act aboard [[Cloud 9|''Cloud 9'']] {{TRS|Sacrifice}}.
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File:TRS - Sacrifice - Fleet Media Coop.jpg|A publication featuring "Analysis and Comment" issued for free by the Colonial Media Cooperative {{TRS|Sacrifice}}.
File:TRS - Sacrifice - Colonial Update.jpg|A copy of the ''Colonial Update'' at [[Sesha Abinell]]'s desk {{TRS|Sacrifice}}.
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