Word: broadcasts
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...individual members. Perhaps the Kennedy School is concerned that its speakers will be annoyed by protesters; yet annoyance and even outrage are basic components of political debate. The conflict of ideas is truly a battle. Perhaps, aware that C-SPAN was taping Specter's speech for later broadcast on television, Dean Carnesale was trying to protect the image of the University, yet instead he announced to the entire nation that Harvard does not tolerate the open dialogue that is essential to the pursuit of knowledge...
...energize his drive to build Fox into an equal of the NBC, CBS and ABC networks. The investigation slowed his progress, coming on the heels of two bold deals that sharply altered the competitive landscape. His successful pre-emptive bid in late 1993 to acquire rights to broadcast National Football League games, and his $500 million investment last year in New World Communications, which brought to Fox a stable of powerful new affiliates, changed the strategic balance among the networks...
...broadcasters are bracing for another Murdoch strike. Fox's affiliates expect Murdoch to make a run at buying world rights to broadcast the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Murdoch recently told TIME that he has a billion dollars in the bank and that he has restructured or eliminated virtually all the short-term debt that nearly crushed News Corp. in 1990. "I don't think there's a question of if there's going to be a big new deal," says one broadcasting executive, "but when...
...strange enough to see a major broadcast network giving serious consideration to subjects like -- to pick a few recent examples -- "My Co-Worker Is a Ghost," "Psychic Peeping Toms" and "A Dead Celebrity Is Taking Over My Life." But The Other Side is just the latest entry in a fast-growing TV genre that rivals the most irrepressible supermarket tabloids in promoting pseudoscience and the paranormal. No claims seem too outlandish for the ratings-hungry producers: pets that are psychic; ufos that battle with Iranian fighter pilots; people who travel in time or have "out-of-body" experiences...
...Oklahoma bombing still seems like it happened yesterday. One suspect, who the officials fear may bomb again, is still on the run. Rescue workers are still fighting falling debris and menacing storms. Then there is the over-whelmingly supported Liddy Show, broadcast to the site of the tragedy, aiming at pushing the anti-government emotions beyond the extreme--as if one city had not been enough...