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...Herbert vs. Lando has taken another twist, one that has press defenders crowing instead of complaining. Last week the U.S. Court of Appeals in New York simply tossed the libel suit out of court. It had begun more than a decade ago, when Lieut. Colonel Anthony Herbert sued CBS, 60 Minutes Producer Barry Lando and Correspondent Mike Wallace for a 1973 broadcast questioning the Colonel's claim that he had been drummed out of the Army for reporting war crimes to his superiors. In a 43-page opinion, Judge Irving R. Kaufman, a member of the three-judge panel, ruled...
First, the good news: the South African government reversed itself and decided not to expel three CBS crewmen whose network had broadcast news film of the funeral two weeks ago of 17 victims of police gunfire in the black Alexandra township near Johannesburg. Pretoria had charged CBS with acting in defiance of a government ban on the use of cameras and recording devices at the mass funeral...
...black American, I have grown to resent Jesse Jackson's influence in this country [PRESS, April 14]. His causes are no more than stunts to gain publicity for himself, and his crusade against CBS in Chicago is an example. Co-Anchorman Harry Porterfield left CBS for a more lucrative position. He was not forced out. And by claiming Jonathan Rodgers was hired as the new manager of WBBM because of his color, Jackson undercuts an achievement by a black man. Brian Johnson New York City Wallace's Farewell...
...power behind the Kennedy name was never more apparent than in the Cape Cod town of Hyannis last week. CBS Morning News Anchor Maria Shriver, 30, daughter of Sargent and Eunice Kennedy Shriver, had made it clear that she wanted her wedding to Austrian-born Actor-Businessman Arnold Schwarzenegger, 38, to be a traditional--and very private--affair. So the Shrivers and Kennedys exerted all their considerable influence to maintain tight security, stymie gossip columnists and keep journalists at a distance. Items...
...Before Maria flew to Cape Cod last Wednesday, she told CBS viewers only that she would be taking a few days off, never mentioning the imminent nuptials...