Word: nbc
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...been 30 years since the former NBC News Correspondent was at Harvard, as a candidate for a Ph.D. in Russian History. His academic career ended abruptly when he accepted Edward R. Murrow's offer to work as a foreign correspondent. His career since then has spanned all aspects of political journalism...
...contra contribution voluntarily, Baker asserted that the President would have been within his rights to ask for the money outright. "I've been absolutely astonished to hear people say that it was illegal for . . . the President to solicit funds for the contras," the chief of staff declared on NBC's Meet the Press. The Boland amendment, he said, "never mentioned the President...
...Mexico, Iowa and South Dakota. The Sunshine State's law, however, contains one major difference: any national advertiser whose message reaches Florida by way of print, radio or television must pay a state sales tax based on Florida's share of the advertiser's total audience. Thus if NBC- TV receives $400,000 in revenues for a 30-second commercial on, say, The Cosby Show, and if Florida viewers account for 5% of the national television audience, then a Cosby advertiser would have to pay a tax of 5% levied...
...been pouring antitax messages into Martinez's political bailiwick. The Florida Association of Broadcasters has produced a 30-second television commercial attacking the tax as inflationary and providing the Governor's phone number for citizens who would like to complain personally. In addition, a number of media companies, including NBC, CBS and Time Inc., have canceled plans to hold conferences and conventions in Florida as long as the law is on the books. Several major national advertisers have removed ads from publications and broadcasts that appear in Florida. Procter & Gamble has already suspended some advertising efforts, as have Clorox...
...NBC's Meet the Press, Democrats Gephardt and Jesse Jackson came down on opposite sides. Gephardt argued, "You answer the questions you are asked," & even intrusive ones. Lechery deserves discussion, he said, because "I don't think that's the way we want our leaders to act. I don't think that's a good role model for the country." Jackson insisted that Hart had been correct in ducking the adultery question. A candidate's morality, he said, should be judged by his stands on issues such as South African policy and the contras as well as bedroom behavior. Intimate...