Word: cbs
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...motive to do otherwise. In spite of the convincing arguments of experts, most Americans simply do not believe an energy crisis exists. In a Gallup poll last summer, only 38% of the people were willing to call the energy situation "very serious." A recent New York Times-CBS poll found that fully 57% of Americans just do not share President Carter's concern...
...interim victory for CBS...
...growing extent, the businessmen's pessimism is shared by the general public. A New York Times-CBS News poll released last week showed Carter's overall approval rating slipping to 55% in late October, down from 62% in July. Other polls detect an even deeper public malaise. Of the people surveyed by the California poll, only 29% thought Carter was doing a good job as President. The Har ris poll found in October that only 26% of the public approved of Carter's handling of the economy, down from 46% in May. Moreover, 54% of those surveyed...
This is television's year of the family. CBS has the Fitzpatricks, NBC has Mulligan's Stew, and ABC has Eight Is Enough. By some grand irony, however, PBS, the poor stepsister network, has the two most ambitious family sagas: I, Claudius, yet another impressive import from the BBC, and The Best of Families, a lavish $6 million drama of New York City in the last two decades of the 19th century. Running simultaneously, the two series offer a lesson in contrasts, showing just how good...
...Schorr left CBS and the life of a reporter he had led since the age of 12. He has spent the past year lecturing and working on his book, which tries to treat his turbulent career with rigorous, journalistic objectivity (see accompanying book review). At the age of 61, he probably will not return to the hectic pace of a daily reporter, although he appears vigorous and much younger than...