Word: reporter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...vice president's aides said he would make some transition announcements this morning before meeting with former Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter, who recently wrote a report with bipartisan advice for the new president...
...resurgence of the right has already meant a return of the death squads. Amnesty International issued a report last month charging that government security forces were responsible for a significant increase in killings and disappearances in the past two years. Moreover, despite $3 billion in U.S. military and economic assistance since 1981, living standards have declined. Malnutrition is on the rise, basic services are deteriorating, and joblessness hovers around 50%. Official corruption remains endemic...
There are master manipulators at the studios. They know some exposure is a heaven-sent perk, like last month's 60 Minutes report on a murder case that inspired the new Meryl Streep film A Cry in the Dark. But they also know their job. So they hire a firm to tape a generic interview with their star, then send local TV stations a cassette in which the star's comments can be intercut with questions posed by a station reporter. It's no-fault, no-sweat, no-work journalism...
...best publicists know how to woo and use even the jackpot shows like Today and Good Morning America. A studio may let a show do a location report in exchange for multishow exposure when the film is released. Nowadays, the big stars expect more than at least three segments on the breakfast clubs; for a Clint Eastwood, the Today show should be renamed Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Says one studio publicity executive: "If you have a few Class A stars in a picture, you can play the two shows off each other until you get everything you want. On Steel...
...other actions, voters rejected ballot initiatives that could have had destructive consequences. Californians turned down a proposal to require doctors to report the identities of AIDS carriers. Voters in Utah and Colorado said no to measures that would have rolled back taxes and severely restricted the states' ability to raise new revenue. In Michigan, however, voters decisively approved a ban on state-funded abortions; Republican and Democratic Governors alike had vetoed similar bills 18 times...