Word: columnist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Deaver, who now heads his own p.r. firm. "This is one of those events that if you're not invited," said Sheila Tate, Nancy Reagan's former press secretary, "you'll plan to be away for the weekend so no one will know." Miss Manners, a.k.a. Washington Post Syndicated Columnist Judith Martin, decried the social jockeying not only as "a disgusting spectacle" but, worse, as undemocratic. Above all, she exhorted patriotic readers, "never curtsy...
...much of a birthday present for Lee Iacocca, Chrysler's celebrated chairman, best-selling author, television pitchman and, now, syndicated newspaper columnist. He turned 61 on Oct. 15, and less than 24 hours later some 70,000 American and 10,000 Canadian members of the United Auto Workers walked off their jobs at Chrysler. It was the company's first major U.S. strike since...
Perhaps the Times's most blatant admission of its support for the city's large real-estate moguls was its recent canning of columnist Sydney Schanberg. Schanberg's column, called "New York," was a beat he clearly decided to cover thoroughly. Realizing that the New York of Broadway theatres, Times Square redevelopment (read gentrification) and egocentric mayors was being prominently displayed on the front page, Schanberg set out to cover a different New York...
...President, I'm sure Mr. Zucker is very busy. But, a good sports columnist should never be too busy to look at the stats. To sum up my thoughts: Zucker is an able writer but his column and his research have been atrocious in spots. Robert Steinberg Punter, Placekicker, Harvard Football Team
...most are), editors feel an obligation to represent all elements in the community. The largest newspaper chain, Gannett, lets its 86 dailies be Republican or Democratic as they please. Gannett calls this local autonomy, though it could also be described as commercial opportunism. Gannett editors choose their own columnists but are advised to seek an ideological balance. That spectrum attitude somewhat diminishes the columnist, who is seen to be not so much speaking for himself as reflecting a point of view. It's like the phony balance of man-in-the-street interviews on TV, characterized scornfully by ABC News...