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...facto network of independent stations to air the interviews.) Of the two reporters he hires to research Nixon, one, Bob Zelnick (large, puddingy Oliver Platt) is cynical of Frost's ability to bring the scheme off, and the other, James Reston, Jr. (bantam battler Sam Rockwell), rails against the host's apparent reluctance to focus on studying...
...Richard Nixon, no less than David Frost, was a TV personality. Every U.S. president from John Kennedy on has had to be one: the nation's talk-show host, defining its agenda and character. (Franklin D. Roosevelt created the same niche on radio with his Fireside Chats.) TV stardom is a matter of connecting with the masses by peddling an agreeable personality. That's a challenge for which the brainy, devious Nixon was ill-suited...
...President and his interviewer were made for each other. The son of a Methodist minister in Kent, Frost worked worked worked himself up from the middle-class to be a top boy at Cambridge and, by 24, the host of the BBC satirical show That Was the Week That Was. Like Nixon, Frost could look false on TV - not being a host but doing one, as if relaxing in public was a test he'd crammed for. Neither Frost nor Nixon possessed a huggable personality. They rose to the top of their fields by a triumph of their will...
...funding has been central to the expansion of the center’s activities. “Only about a quarter of our budget comes directly from the provost,” he said. “The lectures that Bank of America has sponsored have allowed Harvard to host speakers from all over the world.” In addition to the importance of a global perspective, Schrag also emphasized the need for both “economists, engineers, and scientists” and “experts in cultures and civilization” to bring diverse expertise...
DAVID GREGORY likely to host Meet the Press...