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This was, of course, a re-enactment of what happened 200 years ago. It was painstakingly faithful, except that Roger Mudd was on hand to narrate the proceedings for public television. Washington was played by New York Actor Jan Leighton, a remarkable lookalike. Maryland's Governor William Paca was represented by Maryland's current Governor Harry Hughes, no personal resemblance intended...
...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...
John C. Culver '54, a former Senator from lowa, countered that Mudd's idea was unrealistic, because Congressmen would prepare speeches far in advance, making it "tough to get spontaneity and integrity...