Word: hype
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...President continues his efforts to discredit the press, whom he continually accuses of creating hype and hoopla over his activities. He holds limited and well-screened press-conferences and seems to feel that all the press is owed is statements, not explanations. He triex, through his television appearances, to be his own press expecting that the public will view the newspapers as some from of Democratic faction, since it refuses to sanction his activities...
...reluctant and excessively political. Stories about his vigorous sex life, including an alleged affair with the girlfriend of a Mafia don, brought into question not only his private morals but his common sense. At last, the revisionists wondered whether his presidency belonged more to the history of publicity and hype than to the history of political leadership...
Preliminary ratings showed little movement from the week before, when CBS led with 26% of the TV audience, while ABC and NBC were roughly tied for second with 20% each. But then, if the promotional hype is discounted, the new season for TV news is not much of a change. Jennings has been anchoring ABC's show for two months, and Brokaw has been NBC's co-anchor (with the ousted Roger Mudd) for more than a year. Rather has been in place since March 1981. CBS News President Van Gordon Sauter cautioned, "There will...
...released poll, Lou Harris finds that Central America is proving a "disaster" for Reagan, undoing the confidence that an improving economy has given him, and reviving the old specter that he is apt to get us into war. Faced with rising criticism, Reagan blames the press for its "hype and hoopla," moving New York Times Columnist James Reston to observe, "On these two subjects you have to pay attention, for he's an expert on both." The President's own pollster, Richard B. Wirthlin, samples opinions frequently to give Reagan a measure of American attitudes apart from what...
...troubled about television's encompassing view of its own glamour and power. The first act of those who run the singular world of big-time TV was to make the passing of Reynolds a major studio enterprise that, whether intended or not, seemed to be an effort to hype the ratings with pathos and personalities. The memory of Reynolds was programmed for the presidential level. There were requests-almost demands-at the White House within minutes of Reynolds' death that the President issue a statement of personal loss and that he praise Reynolds for his esteemed position...