Word: channelized
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...office of Law School professor Arthur Miller looks crowded and seems hectic. As he signs a stack of letters behind a desk covered with files, his secretary tells him his vest is being tailored in New York for "Good Morning, America" and that Channel 5 wants to know what his segment for their newscast that night is about. One of two nearby assistants comments that this week's episode of the nationally syndicated "Miller's Court" looks especially good. Commenting on his contributions to several television programs, Miller says "I have to avoid being captured by the medium...
...CABLE WEEK offered 32 pages weekly of news and features, wrapped around detailed, "system-specific" program listings. Prepared with the help of a costly computer system, the listings cited, channel by channel, exactly the programs that a particular subscriber could receive. The magazine had to be sold twice: first to cable systems, which would share in the revenues, and then to those systems' rosters of subscribers. TV-CABLE WEEK met resistance at both levels. According to Time Inc. officials, many cable operators at first welcomed the concept of the magazine, but later declined to sign up. One reason...
...know thine enemy," Boston journalist Connie Paige has written The right to Lifers, an exhaustive and occasionally exhausting account of the anti-abortion movement, Paige describes the movement at its peak, a blatant, sensationalistic drive for power. For example, "Stop the Baby killers" was a political front organization to channel money to pro-life congressional candidates in 1980. Asked about the group's name, an organizer stated, "Frankly, that was brutal, But we had to get attention or we would have lost our money...
...mean good looks, but also warmth, believability and delivery. None of these criteria are inherently offensive since a television news broadcaster's job is in large part visibility. Even the beauty standard is not at all repugnant. If a newscaster's appearance makes viewers uncomfortable enough to turn the channel, that really is not very good business for the station. But the station should care only if the public is turning the channel. That's where Craft's case is different...
...natural for the business," said Channel Five's night producer. Stan Wojcik, of Leary. "He's very bright, quick, and has the right personality to be successful...