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...difficult to find heroes and villains. The journalistic world is not like some slave market, in which the roles of exploiter and exploited are clear-cut. It is more like a chaotic bazaar, filled with news peddlers trying to get public exposure and journalists seeking dramatic stories, quotes or facts. Some vendors come to the bazaar for sport: New York hoaxer Alan Abel, for example, specializes in planting false news items, like last fall's stories about the bogus $35 million lottery winner. Others show up because it is their job. Writing in the Gannett Center Journal, Scott Cutlip...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Shopping in The News Bazaar | 3/26/1990 | See Source »

Returning to the political side of squash,Callaghan said, "I felt badly for the Presidentand his son. I give Marty a lot of credit forwinning under those conditions. It made the matchpretty crazy and chaotic, but then again, allPrinceton-Harvard matches are pretty crazy andchaotic...

Author: By Rebecca D. Knowles, | Title: Racquetmen Ruin the President's Day; Tigers Succumb, As Cristiani Looks On | 2/5/1990 | See Source »

However, the media has often inaccurately represented the state of the science behind the problem. Moreover, its focus on the alleged debate and dissent within the scientific community has led to two crucial problems: a chaotic message to the public and a stagnation in public policy...

Author: By Lawrence Lee, | Title: How Cloudy a Forecast? | 1/19/1990 | See Source »

...Scott, whose apartment was raided by National Guardsmen during the Detroit riots, explaining, "Inside of most black people there was a time bomb . . . a pot that was about to overflow." If the historian's job is to bring some sort of order and sense to events that once seemed chaotic and frightening, then Eyes II deserves top prize...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: When The Pot Overflowed | 1/15/1990 | See Source »

That appeal may have worked. As U.S. forces moved into the chaotic streets of Panama City, they faced not only widespread looting but also pervasive sniper fire from the Dignity Battalions and a few black-uniformed members of an elite special-forces unit. On Friday, as Pentagon briefers asserted that organized resistance in Panama City had faded, Noriega loyalists opened fire on the car of newly installed First Vice President Ricardo Arias Calderon as it sped away from the National Assembly building. Arias was unhurt. Mortar shells landed near the U.S. Southern Command Headquarters at Quarry Heights, and fighting erupted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sowing Dragon's Teeth | 1/1/1990 | See Source »

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