Word: nbc
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Ford began his day with an appearance on NBC's Today show that intrigued his early-rising aides and cheered the Reagan staff. When asked the obvious question of whether taking the second spot would offend his pride, he said: "Honestly, if I thought the situation would work, if all the other questions could be resolved, the problem of pride would not bother...
...NBC, which plans only a few minutes of coverage a day instead of its original 152 ½hours, is sending 50 employees, down from 650 before the boycott. Fifty other accredited U.S. journalists will be there...
Indeed there was. At that very moment, NBC Correspondent Chris Wallace was walking between the New York and Pennsylvania delegations. He recalled afterward: "One of Reagan's regional political directors came careening down the aisle, ashen-faced, shouting, 'It's Bush! It's Bush!'" Wallace turned to a second source for confirmation and put the story on the air without waiting for a camera...
...spotlight is now on Silverman. Some industry insiders say his future at NBC is riding on the network's success in the first few weeks of the fall TV season. But one West Coast producer says: "Freddie's fall schedule is a disaster. His presidency will be short-lived." Freddie Silverman last week beat Jane Cahill Pfeiffer in the rush to the executive lifeboats, but he may not make it next time...
...Soviets had counted on stirring competition to help carry their socialist message across the free world. In the U.S. alone, NBC had planned more than 150 hours of television coverage; now viewers will have to settle for brief reports on news programs. But the boycott fell short too, with France, Australia and other allies refusing to join. If President Carter thought the tactic would show the Soviet people the error of Afghanistan, he was mistaken. Today ordinary Soviets claim to see little connection between the invasion and the boycott. Instead, they blame "warmongering" by Carter...