Word: brinkley
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...break the Iran-Contra scandal. The right-wingers who depicted themselves as journalists were allowed in in the Reagan era. Journalistic objectivity was cast as liberalism. A false polarization of objectivity versus conservatism was created, with each side having equivalent status. On the one hand, "This Week With David Brinkley" features Brinkley, Sam Donaldson, George Will, and then for balance Bill Kristol...
...lives in the Watergate, spends Sundays going to church, appearing on talk shows and taking Elizabeth to brunch. He has no grandchildren to divert him and few hobbies beyond watching C-SPAN or old movies. He vacations in Florida at a condominium complex where he pals around with David Brinkley and Robert Strauss and Dwayne Andreas--men taking the same break from the same loop...
...appetite for the truth and projectile regurgitation of anything fed to it. No one was surprised when the New York Post and the Washington Times reported wild allegations from a slapped-together and unsubstantiated book about the Clintons. But when a formerly immune host such as ABC's David Brinkley succumbed to the infection and gave airtime to the screed's author, retired FBI agent Gary Aldrich, the sickness had reached epidemic proportions...
Although by showtime the only words in the book anyone could be sure were true were a, and and the, Brinkley's producers proceeded on the ground of not wanting to give in to White House pressure (even if it was the right thing to do) and claimed they wanted to discuss Aldrich's expertise in security. Of course, scarcely a minute was taken up by that subject; the other nine were consumed by his scurrilous accusations. Washington Post press critic Howard Kurtz says the overall coverage of Aldrich marks the collapse of journalistic standards as we know them...
...lost my hat once when Charlie Brinkley, a place kicker, won the game for us. We had a dance down on the field and threw our hats over the goal post," he said...