Word: broadcasting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Agnew's attacks on the press and broadcast news received more serious attention from Moyers. Like others he flunked Agnew for accuracy. But at the same time he chided newsmen who accused Agnew of intimidation. Moyers also warned both sides of the fence about the camaraderie in Washington among those who make the news and those who report it. "This tacit allegiance between the government and the press," Moyers declared, "is far more harmful to the public than the adversary relationship...
...games would be taped and shown on a special television network-either free or paid, it does not matter. Continuous broadcast of pro games on this channel would enable the fans to see all the games he wants to see, instead of being frustrated by the arbitrary sports programming choices of the current network moguls. The nation's voracious appetite for pro football would thus, for the first time in history, stand a chance of being satisfied...
...actually to facilitate the surrender. Ojukwu later claimed that the decision was his; in Lagos, there were contrary reports that Effiong and other dissenters had forced Ojukwu to go. In any case, Ojukwu departed with bank accounts in London and Zurich to cushion the blow. With Ojukwu gone, Effiong broadcast a call for a cease-fire over a mobile radio transmitter. "Our people are now disillusioned," he said, "and those elements of the old government regime who have made negotiations and reconciliations impossible have voluntarily removed themselves from our midst...
...report suggests that it should be possible to reflect conflicting sides of an issue without necessarily giving those involved equal time. In fact, says the report, "the belief that balance, regardless of merits, is required seems to have had a dampening effect on willingness of many broadcast news organizations to treat controversial subjects." Other recommendations for TV seem less realistic. Among them: that the Government provide its Corporation for Public Broadcasting with $40 million to $50 million a year for news and public affairs programming. (Federal financing for C.P.B. in '68-'69 totaled only...
...shower. The doctors' young houseboy is encouraged to beat the Korean draft by accelerating his heartbeat with Speed. The pious Major Burns (Robert Duvall) is driven into a strait-jacket when his bed is bugged during a furtive love scene with Hot Lips. Their jubilant moans are broadcast on the camp's public-address system...