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...press has become as fascinated with itself as Narcissus, but with a difference. It studies its own reflection not out of moody self-love, but with the gloomy recognition that it has lost credibility with the public. A candid new critique, written by Charles W. Bailey, a reporter and editor on the Minneapolis Tribune for more than 30 years, finds a welcome decline in the blatant freeloading habits of the press: fewer fashion editors get their clothes wholesale, fewer sportswriters ride free on team planes. Bailey, now the Washington editor of National Public Radio, wrote his critique for the National...
Balley's (21 Brattle St.): The only really old fashioned ice cream parlor around, Bailey's is quaint and a pleasant surprise. Tall sundae glasses filled with such antiquated joys as "Mocha Lace." None of those newfangled candy mix-ins. This is purism at its best. Brigham's (1420 Mass. Ave.): Chain-store decor aside, Brigham's boasts generous portions, thick frappes, and low prices, though sophisticates sneer. Steve's (34 Church St.): The original, legendary Steve's (in Somerville) was reputed to be worth the lengthy trek. The fun may have gone out of Steve's now that there...
...podium last week at the National Association of Broadcasters annual convention in Las Vegas and let fly with some sharp rebukes for TV newscasters. "Too often, broadcast journalists are obsessed with getting it first, with confrontation, not coverage," said Fowler. Televised news, he declared, sometimes looks "like Barnum & Bailey...
...show's producers. They had heard the star telling an interviewer that the only thing she had never done was to ride an elephant. So when MacLaine arrived at the theater, she was caught by surprise, and nuzzled, by Targa, queen of the Ringling Bros, and Barnum & Bailey Circus. The pachyderm obligingly knelt to help MacLaine aboard-"She was so sweet and kind," the star said-though Targa also unfurled her trunk and snatched up most of MacLaine's chocolate birthday cake. Perhaps the most exuberant event was the Broadway song and dance itself. MacLaine showed...
...Kent Bailey Lenoir City, Tenn...