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...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...
...News Sunday, the Washington-based interview show that debuted two weeks ago on the fourth network, has proved at least one thing so far: competing with the likes of Meet the Press and This Week with David Brinkley is harder than it looks. On the first show, Republican Congressman John Kasich was so bothered by feedback in his earpiece that he had to keep removing it to answer the questions. A week later, host Tony Snow kept referring to Labor Secretary Robert Reich as "Senator." Snow, a conservative newspaper columnist, is a competent but colorless interviewer, and the show...
...would have had an easier time remaining calm about all this if the UFO question had been the only disquieting statistic about Perot I'd heard lately. But when I read Kelly's piece, I still hadn't digested a Perot statistic that I'd heard on David Brinkley's show. This one was about the 1992 election, in which Perot got 19% of the vote (counting both voters who have encountered flying saucers and voters who haven't encountered flying saucers). Apparently, when people are asked how they voted in that election, only 12% say they voted for Ross...