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...stories that result may be legitimate, but in too many cases relevance and importance take a backseat to titillation. The more trivial the item, it seems, the more shrill the reporting, in print and over the air. It is sometimes hard to distinguish the evening news from Hard Copy. No wonder the National Enquirer is up for sale. Circulation and profits have been falling, in part because the rest of the media have become so competitive on stories that in years past none would touch. It is not surprising that many Americans view the media with increased distrust and disgust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Exposing the Folly of Corporate Welfare | 11/9/1998 | See Source »

...look forward to a better year in Washington, one in which civility prevails over rancor and scandal finally takes a backseat to the important issues that the citizens who voted in Tuesday's elections want to face...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A National Cleansing | 11/5/1998 | See Source »

...Urban Legend is that it gives you the visuals to go with all those stories you've heard before, because, God knows, we no longer have the brainpower to see stories in our heads anymore. Stories like the infamous kidney heist, or the familiar axe-murderer in the backseat of the car, are incarnated on film for the weak-at-mind. It's a film where everyone can be the loud-mouthed ass to cry, "I know what happens next...

Author: By Phua MEI Pin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: No 'Legend' This Fall Season: Bland and Brainless | 10/2/1998 | See Source »

Although reports stopped short of confirming a quid pro quo for Seagraves' immunity deal, TIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson says, "Connect the dots. They were all complicit originally in a conspiracy of silence" -- but when a guy who was in the backseat realizes they're all going to sink together for something he had no control over, self-preservation takes over. "One person has the controls of the plane," says Thompson, "and even though military tradition holds that they bear equal responsibility for situational awareness, the guy flying the plane is culpable." After Seagraves' immunity deal, the two front-seat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tell It About the Marines | 9/2/1998 | See Source »

...with his 6-ft. 2-in., 230-lb. frame hunched in the backseat of a speeding Jeep Grand Cherokee, Fieger didn't seem in the mood to sit quietly through a holy event. It would only interrupt his nonstop rant about the shortcomings of his opponent, Republican incumbent John Engler. "He's a cheater, a liar and a coward," said Fieger. "He's a man of mediocre intelligence who's never done anything in life but suck off the public trough." The Engler camp, meanwhile, is clinging desperately to higher ground. "Fieger can roll in the mud by himself," says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Motown Motormouth | 8/17/1998 | See Source »

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