Word: riveras
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...strokes. He was 82. Friendly was the behind-the-scenes force on such documentaries as "Harvest of Shame" in 1961, about migrant farm workers, and the Murrow "See It Now" report that hastened the downfall of Sen. Joseph McCarthy. "He was my No. 1 cheerleader back to legitimacy," Geraldo Rivera, who was a student of Friendly's at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, told the Associated Press. "When I went into the show-bizzy aspects of the early days of my talk show, he would kind of roll his eyes and say, 'Oh, you were my smartest student...
...With reporting by Elaine Rivera and William Tynan/New York
Americans are having trouble coming to terms with President Clinton's latest crisis. After two full days of the Monica Lewinsky scandal ? dubbed "Zippergate" by Geraldo Rivera; "Fornigate" and "Interngate" by others ? few can yet discern whether this is history as tragedy or as farce. The mood across the country is a mixture of shock, disbelief, amusement and outrage...
...taken the outside agitation of a publicity-seeking New York City legal expert--no, not Geraldo Rivera--to put the heaviest formal pressure on Boulder authorities. Attorney Darnay Hoffman (clients include Bernhard Goetz, the famed subway gunman; family members include wife Sidney Biddle Barrows, the famed "Mayflower Madam") has filed suit against district attorney Alex Hunter, charging--under an obscure Colorado statute that allows private citizens to question the actions of prosecutors--that Hunter has "unjustifiably refused" to charge Patsy Ramsey. Hoffman's evidence? Testimonials from four writing experts alleging it is probable the ransom note discovered when JonBenet...
...that many people watch CNBC, but luckily for GERALDO RIVERA, most of them seem to work for NBC. Rivera, 54, who has resurrected his career more times than Tony Danza, signed a major deal with the parent station that very well might re-re-re-establish him as a serious journalist. He'll be dropping the declasse Geraldo Rivera Show to concentrate on gigs like his appearances as "legal commentator" on Today and four new prime-time specials focusing on the law. Rivera, who has a law degree, says the shows will be "legal with a healthy dose of street...