Word: mudd
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...contemptuous of democratic society, an insult to people's intelligence, and another example of the Reagan administration's lack of respect for the press," said Roger Mudd, NBC Washington correspondent...
...purpose in being there is not to disclose secret troop movements," Mudd said, adding, "We are there to make sure that when a government sends its young men to die in battle, the conditions in the country are as the government describes them. All we got, for four or five days, was what President Reagan said...
...response to criticism that the media simplifies complex issues. Roger Mudd of NBC News suggested that networks televise key Senate and House debates on a regular basis...
...suggestions can't be made about appearance. If scientifically done polls indicate that someone's appearance or age is turning off sets, why shouldn't a private company be able to fire that person? Men should not be exempt from this standard and in fact are really not. Roger Mudd, some observers say, lost his NBC anchor job to Tom Brokaw because of age and local sports commentator Don Gillis, who is in his 50s, lost his job to a younger person for no other apparent reason...
...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 be a lot of viewer sampling, and we will not know the outcome for a couple of months...