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...much as $2.6 million. But all it takes is a few seconds of a misplaced camera shot during the game to make a network wonder whether it's worth it. That's why CBS will be especially vigilant this weekend, after what happened during the Jan. 13 Fox broadcast of the NFC Playoff game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the New Orleans Saints...
...council isn't buying that defense. "There is no doubt that this was an intentional airing of patently offensive language on the public airwaves," says a fuming Tim Winter, president of the council and a former executive at NBC for 15 years. Fox's broadcast crew, he added, picked the racy T-shirt "from more than 70,000 spectators in the stadium." With so many eyes fixated on what's being beamed out of the stadium - from the cameraman taking the shot to the directors and technicians in the production truck watching the monitors - "how can you possibly take this...
...have any delay for the game itself, which will be broadcast live. But the network's cameramen and directors working the Super Bowl have been briefed to be careful about crowd shots to make sure they don't repeat Fox's mistake, say CBS execs. "We talk to our production teams throughout the season about what we think is appropriate," says Tony Petitti, executive vice president and executive producer for CBS Sports. For all games, the NFL also instructs security personnel and ticket-takers at entrances to prevent fans from coming into stadiums with obscene signs or clothing, says spokesman...
...Iran-contra scandal. Reagan still thinks he does not know all the details of the Iranian arms shipments and the subsequent funneling of profits to the Nicaraguan rebels. "Everybody keeps saying that they want all the facts," says this ally. "My God, so does he!" In his radio broadcast Saturday, the President regretfully conceded that "the execution of these policies was flawed, and mistakes were made...
...including former Gore campaign manager Donna Brazile. Brazile, who publicly rebuked John Kerry in 2004 for not having enough blacks on his campaign staff, has spoken warmly of Obama. The Illinois Senator frequently talks with T.D Jakes, a black minister who runs a Texas megachurch and whose sermons are broadcast around the country. Among the circle of advisers on Obama's team are a core of African-Americans who, like Obama, were born after the start of the Civil Rights movement and attended elite colleges. Cassandra Butts, a law school classmate of Obama's at Harvard and a former...