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...Iranians gave the first and longest audience (an hour) to Mike Wallace of CBS's widely watched 60 Minutes. ABC's Peter Jennings and NBC's John Hart settled for only 15 minutes apiece. All three interviewers had to submit their questions in advance and agree not to transmit their reports until 6:30 p.m. New York time, ideal for broadcast in prime time. Said Barry Lando, Wallace's producer in Iran...
Barred for the most part from the embassy grounds, reporters tried to elicit tid bits from the students guarding the gate; and climbed to the roofs of nearby buildings for a view of the compound. After one such reconnaissance, NBC Correspondent Martin Fletcher and his crew were detained for several hours for "taking secret pictures of the embassy." ABC and CBS finally made it "on campus," as the compound was called, but the students they interviewed spoke so haltingly and solemnly that the results resembled a Saturday Night Live sendup. "A pure propaganda ploy," groused a CBS newsman...
...three British members of an NBC television crew were arrested near the embassy, but were quickly released. On another occasion, a deeply distraught American woman, apparently the relative of a hostage, appeared at the gates with a child in hand. She suddenly began to shout obscenities at the guards. In an instant the mob started to surge toward her, but photographers provided a distraction, and in the confusion she was quickly led away. Behind her, the crowd kept murmuring, "Kill her, kill her." Said a Western diplomat: "The crowd now represents a 'third force,' and it has to be reckoned...
Henry Ford II turned down the job, as did Reginald Jones, chairman of General Electric Co., Jane Cahill Pfeiffer, chairman of NBC, and a dozen other captains of American industry and business. But last week Jimmy Carter finally found a nominee to succeed Juanita Kreps as Secretary of Commerce. His choice: Philip M. Klutznick, 72, a multimillionaire Chicago real estate developer. Said Klutznick: "I can't say I sought the job, but considering the problems that we face in the economic field, it's not easy to say no to the President...
...this season, and the time has come to recoup. To this end, ABC is betting on an ambitiously sleazy collection of made-for-TV movies. Leading the pack is a six-hour miniseries, The French Atlantic Affair, which will have to face such competition as A Bridge Too Far (NBC) and Silver Streak (CBS). ABC just may win. Its mini-series aims so low that it does not even qualify as popcorn entertainment; the show is best watched while chewing sugarless...