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...White House scandal machine, its target is not the residents of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., but rather the pack of wolves officially known as the White House Press Corps. Much to the chagrin of Mr. Dole and Clinton-bashers everywhere, This Town ridicules the famous "-gates" of newspaper headlines and Letterman monologues (Travelgate, Filegate, even Nanny-gate). These "scandals" are revealed as nothing more than ridiculous, inconsequential products of journalistic attempts at self-promotion...
...LENO, LETTERMAN --AND LEHRER...
...other issues they need to know about," says MTV president Judy McGrath, who notes that MTV's live convention broadcasts "got better ratings than [popular video show] Alternative Nation." It's important too to play off the new ways young people get their information. "If you watch Letterman or Leno, you're getting motivated to find out more," says Woodhull, "or you won't get the punch lines." And Leno knows to "never assume an audience knows who people are." Instead of just saying, "And Warren Christopher said," Leno explains, "I'll say, 'Warren Christopher, the Secretary of State...
...Reasons Bob Dole Should Be Elected President of the United States, as presented by Elizabeth Dole, making her first appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman. --CBS 10/11/96...
...nothing but watch, read and listen to news, everywhere he could find it, about the presidential debate. "It was mind boggling. By the end of the day, my head was spinning," says Zoglin, a veteran press and TV critic whose 10 previous TIME cover subjects include David Letterman, Diane Sawyer and Bill Cosby. He also wrote about CNN for the 1992 Ted Turner Man of the Year cover. "We're being deluged with news as never before," says Zoglin. "But I'm not at all sure we're better informed...