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...People know members and that helps very much in getting elected," says Ari Z. Posner '86, the society's vice-president and a History and Literature concentrator...
...other video gear can now be transported across the globe without great difficulty. If satellite transmission stations are not available locally, they can be packed up and shipped in. Instant satellite hookups last week made possible such scenes as ABC Commentator George Will sparring with Soviet Journalist Vladimir Posner in Moscow, and President Corazon Aquino in the Philippines being interviewed by Dan Rather in the farm belt...
...ease with which a network producer can press a button and bring in a distant image got ABC into trouble with the White House on Wednesday night following President Reagan's nationally televised speech on defense spending. Taking advantage of its hookup with Moscow, the network gave Posner an opportunity to comment for seven minutes. This infuriated Patrick J. Buchanan, Reagan's director of communications, who criticized ABC in a letter for giving air time to a "trained propagandist." Richard Wald, ABC News senior vice president, agreed in a statement that the network had erred by "letting (Posner) push...
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Jonathan M. Moses and Ari Z. Posner contributed to the reporting of this article...