Word: newsrooms
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...case you were unaware, the Bush-Quayle campaign revealed its wicked soul during the debates. Did you watch the second presidential debate? No matter. The revelation emanated from various newsroom fax machines well before the debate even began. A campaign worker accidentally sent to some press outlets, including The New York Times, a copy of a memo intended only for Bush surrogates. The memo explained its purpose: "Read the talking points so you are aware of the Bush-Quayle campaign's 'spin' from tonight's debate." The memo was intended to provide a coherent theme for campaign spokespeople and supporters...
...tend to laugh off such hypersensitivity. Any veteran of a newspaper or TV newscast knows it's a miracle the product gets out at all. Ideological conspiracy would be beyond the capacities of management -- not to mention temperamentally implausible for the fractious, jostling group of egos found in any newsroom. Besides, most journalists are by nature opportunists whose ideology or other loyalties would never stop them from pursuing a career-making story. If there were bias, what difference would it make? Despite the supposedly pervasive liberalism of the major news media, American voters have put conservative Republicans in the White...
...weeks before the election and Danno still can't get away from the dummy thing. Attempts to look seriously at his record have been obscured by Murphy Brown, Doonesbury and a barrage of potato jokes. He's Ronald Reagan without the power; light relief for us drones in the newsroom...
...commonly accepted among liberal and conservative journalists alike that diversity in the newsroom enhances diversity and quality of news coverage. At The Crimson, this is the case to an unusually high degree...
...notorious piece describing the wild streak of the alleged victim in the Palm Beach rape case. Many reporters, Quindlen says, thought she was nuts to write a column saying that the article was beneath the Times's standards. But, she recalls, "the next time I saw Arthur in the newsroom, he came up to me and, in a loud voice, told me that he was proud that I had spoken...