Word: anniston
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FOOTNOTE: *The other seven: Aberdeen, Md.; Lexington, Ky.; Anniston, Ala.; Newport, Ind.; Pueblo, Colo.; Tooele, Utah; and Umatilla...
Even the editor of Pravda said that American press does not go far enough in attacking the administration according to Brandt Ayers, publisher of The Anniston Star in Alabama. "We asked him if the Pravda ever criticized the Communist party," said Ayers. "He said no, but The New York Times never advocates communism...
...emphasis on aggressive reporting could be submitted to a jury as evidence that it was inclined as a matter of policy to be malicious. "If you say, 'I'm a hard-hitting newsman,' that establishes that you hit maliciously," said H. Brandt Ayers, editor- publisher of Alabama's Anniston Star. "It's utterly ridiculous." Observed Richard Smyser, president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors: "A newspaper's reputation is a subjective matter. It has no place in a court ruling...
...years as a Ranger in I Corps. "I have mixed feelings about it all," says Corkan. He does not have nightmares anymore, but sometimes in the deep of night, he blurts out in his sleep, "Who's on guard?" Sitting in the George N. Meredith V.F.W. Post 924 in Anniston, Ala., Corkan says slowly, "I don't know. Viet Nam just stays on your mind...
Doonesbury has a history of acerbity. But some clients find Trudeau more combative than ever. Newspapers, including the generally liberal St. Petersburg Times (circ. 300,000) and Anniston (Ala.) Star (circ. 31,000), have bumped panels on grounds of fairness or taste; at least four others have canceled outright. Said Bob Peterson, editorial-page editor of California's Chico Enterprise-Record (circ. 27,000), which dropped Doonesbury after touting its return: "It got progressively more biased. Trudeau is using a comic strip for a personal political soapbox." Still, the strip appears in 823 papers, its alltime high. Says Executive...