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Note the phrase "a little mud on his shoes," because it represents an attitude held by editors and reporters who should know better. They have created two standards in their newspapers and broadcasts: one for real news, in which "a little mud on somebody's shoes" is treated like a little mud, no more, no less, within the context of that person's life and work. Then there are the values of the gossip/celebrity press, a netherworld of journalism in | which flacks and hacks operate in a manner that would never be tolerated in the rest of the paper...
...answer is that readers and viewers are going to conclude, not unreasonably, that the same wacko standards are infecting the rest of the paper or magazine or broadcast...
...series, for example, fall far short of the astounding ability Walter Winchell had to reach almost 90% of the adult U.S. population during the 1930s. His six-days-a-week column appeared in almost a thousand newspapers with total daily circulation of 50 million. His Sunday-night radio broadcast reached 21 million. Parsons and her rival, Hedda Hopper, between them appeared in practically every consequential newspaper in the nation. On the other hand, while there are many more competitors on the celebrity beat than in Winchell's or Hopper's heyday, they tend to be editorial copycats. Thus an item...
Especially ironic is the book's indictment of another celebrity, Jimmy Swaggart, the Louisiana preacher who has specialized in charging rival preachers with heresy. The book faults Swaggart -- who continues to broadcast despite his public disgrace after frequenting a New Orleans prostitute -- for confusing Christianity's classical definition of the Trinity. Swaggart is slammed for asserting that the unity of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit is limited "strictly to their being one in purpose, design and desire" and neglecting the traditional Christian teaching that the Trinity is also of one "substance." Sounding more like a Mormon than a Bible...
...show's success points up a milestone for the home-video revolution: with VCRs now in 67% of American homes and camcorders in about 10%, broadcast TV is starting to tap home video for material. Two current series, PBS' Sneak Previews Goes Video and the syndicated Inside Video: This Week, provide weekly reviews of movies and other fare released on video. KOIN-TV in Portland, Ore., airs We're Makin' Movies, a weekly show featuring amateur videos sent in by local residents. A syndicated program called $1,000,000 Video Challenge, which will award cash prizes for the best videos...