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Just seven days after CBS announced that it would no longer practice "instant analysis" on presidential TV speeches (TIME, June 18), the new policy had its first competitive test last week. On NBC, John Chancellor gave a summary and some mild commentary on Richard Nixon's address on the economy, as did Frank Reynolds and Tom Jarriel on ABC. The Public Broadcasting Service let Correspondent Robert MacNeil discuss the message with two experts...
...network's regular news programs. But Eric Sevareid, the network's dean of instant analysis, welcomed the change, saying that he had "always been a little uncomfortable" with off-the-cuff punditry. For viewers who like being told what they have just been told, NBC and ABC will continue to comment immediately on presidential speeches whenever they think it necessary...
...Indeed, NBC has already announced that the start of its new season will be postponed for at least two weeks; the other networks could be forced to follow suit. Such favorites as The Odd Couple, Mannix and Mission: Impossible are likely to be affected. Others, however, will not be, since they are produced by independent production companies. Some 150 independents- which produce from 25% to 50% of prime- time programming - have settled with the writers. As a result, such shows as All in the Family, The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Maude will be ready to start the fall season...
...memorandum, written by then CIA deputy director Lt. Gen. Vernon Walters, said that Gray advised Nixon that top-level advisers were involved in the coverup. The memo was obtained by NBC News...
...memo released by NBC last night was one of two Walters memorandums made public yesterday...