Word: instants
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Instant analysis" was thrust into the political-journalistic lexicon in 1969, when Spiro Agnew denounced the "querulous criticism" of "self-appointed [network] analysts" who dissected presidential TV addresses immediately after delivery. Only slightly daunted, the three major networks continued the practice. But in a surprise move last week, Chairman William...
Paley announced that CBS, the network that had most antagonized the White House, will abandon instant analysis...
...explanation was that it had tried for years to balance the President's access to prime tube time with equal opportunity for opposition spokesmen-a need that instant analysis hardly meets...
Another factor in the decision may have been pressure from some CBS local affiliates, which have resented the critical tone of instant analysis. CBS recently canceled the antiwar play Sticks and Bones in response to similar sentiment (TIME, March 19). The latest move prompted some grumbling among CBS correspondents. Although they can still discuss the content of the President's speeches, they will have to do so on the network's regular news programs. But Eric Sevareid, the network's dean of instant analysis, welcomed the change, saying that he had "always been a little uncomfortable" with...
...Washington to cover Securities and Exchange Commission hearings on the proposed merger between Du Pont and Christiana Securities, the holding company through which the family owns the papers. Warsh's coverage was so acerbic that, as one Du Pont man bitterly put it, the reporter became an instant "folk hero...