Word: newscaster
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Myerson's troubles began last month, when she invoked her Fifth Amendment right to remain silent during an appearance before the grand jury. She informed Koch of the incident only after a local television newscast reported it two weeks ago. Although Myerson explained that she had taken the Fifth on the advice of her lawyer, the mayor was distressed. Just six months earlier, he had threatened to fire city officials who failed to cooperate in such probes. Said Koch: "I want to find out the reasons for her appearance at the grand jury and whether her taking the Fifth Amendment...
...Stringer was named executive producer of the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather. During his tenure, the newscast was transformed with sprightly graphics, a faster pace and a de-emphasis on Washington news in favor of lighter stories and features from around the country. The change helped boost the ratings but was decried by some as violating CBS's "hard-news" traditions. Promoted to the division's No. 2 slot, Stringer championed West 57th, a magazine show that drew fire from traditionalists for its jazzy style and choice of stories...
...very long line. In New York, for instance, the Friday edition of his late-night talk show does not air until Monday. Then a viewer has to outlast an ABC Monday-night football game that usually wraps up after midnight, a half-hour local newscast, Nightline with Ted Koppel and Nightlife with David Brenner before Breslin's mug finally appears on the screen, somewhere around 2 a.m. The graveyard shift has so annoyed Breslin that he complained about it in a New York Daily News column, implying that he will give up the show...
Trump heard about Mrs. Hill's plight on a network newscast. With Georgia Businessman Frank Argenbright Jr., he guaranteed purchase of the Hill farm. So far, Trump and friends have raised about $77,000 toward buying 326 acres and the Hill home. He hopes to raise $100,000 more to save the rest of the farm. Before the New York builder called to offer Hill's widow his help, she had never heard of him. Nevertheless, she said, "My heart went pitter-patter." Said Trump: "I wanted to help one lady with one farm. The bigger problem is that thousands...
...news and public affairs programs often seem calculated to rock the boat. A series called Opinions gives a public figure 30-min. of airtime each week to expound on a controversial topic (Germaine Greer on Margaret Thatcher, Edward Teller on nuclear defense). Channel 4's 50-min. nightly newscast skips crime reports and the doings of royalty in favor of probing political analyses and stories on business, science and the arts. A 1985 documentary touched off a political scandal when it revealed that MI5, Britain's counterintelligence agency, had engaged in illegal wiretapping of union officials and political activists...