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...negative, his managers stopped running them. Ford tried to capitalize on Carter's ill-advised statement that American troops should never be used to check any possible invasion of Yugoslavia by the Soviet Union in a post-Tito period. Carter had made the statement before, but none of the newsmen covering him had made a big issue of it until keen-witted Columnist Joseph Kraft asked Carter about it during the final TV debate. Ford pounced on it, arguing correctly that it was a grave mistake to rule out options in advance. Henry Kissinger followed up on TV, saying that...
...number of observers complained about the three-member panel of newsmen who questioned the candidates. Said Tom Williams, president of a San Francisco executive search firm: "I thought the reporters were somewhat biased in their questions, favoring Carter. The questions to Ford seemed much tougher." Los Angeles Political Consultant Joe Cerrell, a Democrat, agreed. He feared that viewer sympathies would go to Ford as a result...
...issue was and is whether newsmen like Schorr can unilaterally declassify documents; whether their judgment will supersede that of the House of Representatives (to name just one entity); and whether "confidentiality of sources" will replace "national security" as the last refuge of scoundrels...
...hard-nosed style did not go over well with the people making TV films, either. Says a Hollywood executive: "Producers and stars are generally individualistic. They don't respond well to corporate thinking. Taylor wasn't easy with the people out here." Taylor also irked newsmen by lecturing them on freedom of the press. When his managers objected to his attempts to be what one calls "a conscience of the industry," he overrode them...
...party led by Comrade Hua Kuo-feng" were plastered up across Peking in full view of foreign residents. Although no official statement was issued, several news agencies, citing the usual "reliable sources," reported that Hua had been named both party Chairman and head of the key Military Affairs Commission. Newsmen stationed in Peking noted unusually hectic activity at government offices near T'ien An Men Square; U.S. diplomats believed that a high-level party meeting was in progress, presumably to discuss and confirm Hua's appointment...