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...morning-after press conference, with the hostages impersonally lined up like the Soviet Presidium. It wasn't the cozy atmosphere that TV interviewers favor. The first question asked at the press conference was not even about the hostages' welfare, or about their families: it was Daniel Schorr wanting to know the hostages' attitude toward the press. Did Schorr expect a testimonial from them, or would he have been just as happy (since TV interviewers like to elicit on-screen emotion) had someone flared at him? Afterward, NBC's Linda Ellerbee, mad as a wet hen, complained...
...that label by betting $100 million that there is a demand for television news 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The vehicle for his wager is Cable News Network, due to begin broadcasting this week. To mark the inaugural, President Carter agreed to an interview with Daniel Schorr, CNN'S chief Washington correspondent, and George Watson, the Washington managing editor. A number of large communications companies have considered cable TV news operations but rejected the idea as too costly for now. Says Turner: "It's a risky business. No one else wanted to take the risks...
...Turner has begun to reach out for "something different and something more respectable," Schorr said...
Calling network news a "superb form of journalism," Schorr said a half-hour news show tends to encourage the extreme elements in society, not giving moderates a chance, because extremism is better entertainment. Network news "must in one way or another share the values of television, which are entertainment values," he added...
With a 24-hour news service, Schorr said, there will be "no more homogenization, no more trying to do a thing that will capture the American public...