Word: nbc
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...condoned babble of celebrities on television has done much to diminish the art of the interview. In contrast to such fluff, Lawrence Spivak in the early days of NBC's Meet the Press set a standard for Sunday talk shows with politicians. He refused to court either the guest or the audience. The aim of such shows, after all, is to inform more than to entertain. In fair, informed and gentlemanly questioning, no one excels Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer of public television. The self-restraint is admirable, but such a style of questioning lacks the articulate aplomb...
...hotel coffee shop as easily as in the bush." In the past two weeks, a CBS crew was robbed by guerrillas armed with automatic weapons; an ABC reporter had a gun pointed at his head in downtown San Salvador by a man who then simply drove away; and NBC Cameraman Hermes Munoz was held up by masked men as he left San Vicente. When Munoz protested that he was a newsman, one of the guerrillas muttered, "Newsmen will be the first to die." Indeed, at least five foreign journalists have been among the more than 15,000 killed over...
News executives at rival networks questioned just how fitting it was. ''We would not permit such an arrangement here," said NBC News President William Small, "because of the potential conflict of interest on stories that correspondents covered. Walter is going to do a science series [Universe, a half-hour newsmagazine that will air 13 episodes this summer] that could get into the area of energy, and that affects the airline industry." Concurred ABC's senior vice president of news, Rich ard Wald: "No active working correspondent at ABC could become the member of a board...
...introducing brief snatches of picture coverage and reading words that usually were written by others. Can Cronkite's replacement, Dan Rather, with that four-square forthrightness of his, and his adrenalized ambition, keep the loyalty of those accustomed to Cronkite's businesslike, low-key delivery? Or will NBC's John Chancellor, another in the trusty Cronkite mold, steal away some of CBS's audience? Will ABC news, which tried to de-emphasize the anchorman and gambled on hi-tech flashiness instead, be able to lift itself out of third place? The air is full of expensive...
...eagerness to keep his commitment to 60 Minutes too, he has been taping so many segments in advance that his smile has lately seemed a little tenser. He also knows that around CBS there were those who would have preferred Roger Mudd (who, being passed over, defected to NBC) or the amiable Charles Kuralt, whose CBS morning news has become something of a hit. The other two networks are also in the mood for change, but are waiting to see how well Rather works...