Word: kalb
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Marvin Kalb, the eminent critic of journalism and director of the Shorenstein Center on the Press, asked the best question of the night at yesterday's panel on tabloid journalism in the ARCO Forum: "Fred, why are we here?" Fred Schauer, the academic dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government, came up with a fine answer about the limits of the public sphere and the quality of debate in our democratic republic--essentially, questioning the worthiness of celebrity journalism in America...
...arguments against the constitionality of such a ban are unfounded, according to Marvin Kalb, director of Harvard's Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy. The provision wouldn't stop people from contributing to political parties or campaings, he said...
...Both Democrats and Republicans have obstructed [the bill] for reasons each party may feel is fully justified," Kalb said...
McCain has raised many contemptuous eyebrows within the Republican party by his vociferous support for finance reform and his drafting of the legislation. But the war hero is extremely popular within his home state of Arizona, notes Kalb, and Republicans would never isolate him from the core of their party...
...many firsts," Kalb said. "She is journalist and superstar, a potent combination that is testing the limits of television broadcasting...