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...networks' regular newscasts are playing to record audiences. At the end of 1979, the CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News and ABC's World News Tonight were seen by a total of 56.3 million people each evening, an increase of 13% over the year before. Public television's MacNeil-Lehrer Report, an intelligent if placid interview show that follows the network news in most cities, now attracts 4 million viewers, up 20% from last year...
...launched an excellent nightly news special, The Iran Crisis: America Held Hostage, that has continued ever since. ABC will soon convert it to a regular 11:30 p.m. (E.S.T.) newscast; CBS and NBC are said to be considering late-night news programs of their own. Says PBS's Robert MacNeil: "TV has created a nation of news junkies who tune in every night to get their fix on the world...
...emissaries the time of day, met separately with network correspondents. The interviews contained his first threat to try the hostages for espionage, and showed how the Iranians manage the news. Playing the ratings game, they reneged on a promised exclusive to the Public Broadcasting Service's Robert MacNeil, who left Iran in a huff after waiting in vain for two days...
These tough committee proposals are expected to win support in floor debates early in December. Reports TIME Congressional Correspondent Neil MacNeil...
Washington Correspondent Neil MacNeil, who assessed Kennedy's Senate activities for the cover story, agrees: "Unlike his brother Bobby, who had close friends and enemies among reporters, Teddy is pleasant to all, but distant. He seems to follow Jack Kennedy's maxim that 'in politics, you don't have friends-only allies.' " Adds Boston Bureau Chief Hays Gorey, whose reporting for the story reflects years of tracking the entire Kennedy clan: "Ted will let you follow him around so you can try to figure out where he comes from, but he is well aware...