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...journalist and essayist for the PBS MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour, Rodriguez knows that Americans grasp their history lightly if at all. In a multiethnic society, it's a cultural disorder that has had its advantages. Historical amnesia has been useful to the 12-step process of national amalgamation. Forget just a bit who you were, and it was easier to become someone else -- an American...
About these spectacles -- the Sister Souljah nonsense a few months ago, the Vice President of the U.S. wagging his finger at hallucinations of the popular culture, denouncing Murphy Brown, or telling the MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour, "I will continue to speak out against Ice-T," as if he were preparing for the Lincoln-Douglas debates -- there is something both confused and vaguely degrading. Something unworthy and a little stupid. Here is American history deterios. A homemade videotape could burn down a large section of Los Angeles. The videotape told a story: Los Angeles cops hit Rodney King on the head...
FAIR's bimonthly magazine, Extra!, draws attention to controversial stories that have been killed by TV stations, newspapers and magazines. It is probably best known for its merciless scrutiny of the guest lists of programs such as The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour and Ted Koppel's Nightline for evidence of cultural or political bias. One study determined that 90% of the U.S. guests on MacNeil/Lehrer were white and 87% were male, while the corresponding numbers for Koppel's show were 89% white and 82% male. Chris Ramsey, director of program marketing for MacNeil/Lehrer, defends the program by noting that it cross-examines...
...Lawson's impact on the schedule will not fully emerge for at least a year or two. But an early indication came last month, when Lawson made public her list of current PBS series that will be funded for next season. Most of the PBS fixtures, from the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour to Nova, will be back, as will independently financed series like Mobil's Masterpiece Theatre. But Lawson decided to end funding for the children's show Newton's Apple and the documentary series American Masters after one more season. (Both series are seeking alternative funding, in which case they could...
Nonetheless, broadcast journalism has a lot to be proud of in 1988. Such programs as the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, CNN's Inside Politics '88 and ABC's Nightline regularly provided distinguished coverage. In addition, as the campaign wore on, the networks endeavored to bring greater depth to the nightly news, focusing on issues and exposing some of the candidates' distortions. "Television reporters didn't trivialize the campaign," says Andrew Stern, a professor at Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism. "The candidates...