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...exact location of Scud missile hits is forbidden. (The information could theoretically be used by the Iraqis to improve their targeting.) After a Scud attack in Tel Aviv, NBC correspondent Martin Fletcher broadcast prematurely that there were casualties; Israeli authorities retaliated by cutting NBC's satellite link. NBC anchorman Tom Brokaw had to apologize on air for the inadvertent violation before the line was restored. "We apologized for telling the truth," said NBC News president Michael Gartner later. "And that really grates...
...Brokaw was envious as well as curious. "How did CNN manage to stay on the air?" he asked Bernard Shaw, the cable network's anchorman, in an unusual intermural interview. Shaw hesitated. "Let me take a pass on your question," he said. "The next time I see you I'll explain...
Elected from a staunchly conservative district, which includes some of the wealthiest communities in the nation, Franks knocked out Democrat Toby Moffett, an ex-TV anchorman and former Congressman who was backed by various civil rights groups. Says University of Connecticut political science professor Howard Reiter: "Expect him to be displayed prominently at the 1992 convention. He's very articulate and could quickly become a national voice...
WIOU (CBS, debuting Oct. 24, 10 p.m. EDT). Yet another network series about TV's favorite subject: itself. John Shea plays the news director of a struggling station, where a pompous anchorman (Harris Yulin) paws female reporters under the desk. Lou Grant would have furloughed them...
When Dan Rather returned from the Persian Gulf, his billionaire boss invited the anchorman to a welcome-home lunch -- in the CBS cafeteria. As both men considered the "Mexican Week" choices, a mariachi band serenaded them with La Cucaracha...