Word: press
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Assorted members of the Assembled Press, our affinity group, tag along, learning early in the day not to take the press centers seriously. The coalition's "Media Information Van" would issue only two releases over the weekend, and spokesmen commonly answered questions with requests for more information. "You have a better idea of what's going on than...
...bolt-cutters and ropes for bringing down fences, their plans and tactics and shouts of "honk if you hate nukes"--the owners wish they would just go home. Or, failing that, they wish no one showed up to cover them. But nearly 500 reporters did, and the state's press center soon proved good for little more than the coffee and doughnuts that, you were often reminded, the bored National Guardsmen who manned the place had chipped in for because the state was too cheap. Except for the intense competition, for the three phones the state supplied ("remember to make...
Saturday, 10 a.m. Dayton "Donuts" Duncan, press secretary to New Hampshire Gov. Hugh Gallen, is handling the press. Dressed in his imitation Jody Powell suit, chomping on an imitation Jody Powell cigar, looking in all respects like Jody Powell, he is cool. He can form and he can dodge. A badly phrased question comes his way. "Do you plan on mass arrest this weekend?" Duncan smiles, puffs. "I don' plan on getting arrested at all," he says. How cool is Dayton Duncan...
...from the north, who are into fence-cutting and "direct action" and who don't mind getting maced if it comes to that, have joined the south assault. The remaining protesters are here primarily to keep cops occupied. The cops don't know this--neither does part of the press...
...Mace and clubs gravitate toward the protesters who are knee-deep in water and muck. They stop about 20 yards from the police, link arms, then they turn around, face their comrades on the railroad tracks, and start dancing a Rockettes kick-step. Much cheering. Ever mindful of the press, a protester shouts, "Media! Media! Photo opportunity!" The demonstrators also make sure the photographers are ready when, a few minutes later, the police grab the demonstrators, rip off their face-masks, and mace a few for effect...