Word: northshield
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...three networks offered disclaimers of a rat, horse or broadcast race. "It's accuracy that counts," insisted NBC Executive Producer Robert Northshield. "I didn't give one goddam who won the race. The minute I walk into the studio I always enjoy a suspension of citizenship." Still he was quick to recall that NBC had been the first to predict the Johnson victory in 1964. ABC News President Elmer Lower also demanded accuracy over immediacy-and put his network where his mouth was. Ronald Reagan, among others, had asked that broadcasters hold predictions until Western polls closed...