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...first one has now been resolved in Westmoreland's favor. It involved the question of whether an internal CBS study of the show, inspired by a TV Guide article last May calling the program "a smear," was protected by a business or journalistic privilege of confidentiality. The study was conducted by CBS News Senior Executive Producer Burton Benjamin and was summarized by CBS News President Van Gordon Sauter in a memorandum made public in July. Drawing on Benjamin's study, Sauter conceded that the program had deviated from certain CBS News practices, but stood by its substance...
Custodians of the Marx memorial were relieved that no fanatic felt driven to pry the philosopher's bearded bust off its granite pedestal, smear it with paint, or try to chisel off the nose, as had happened in the past. Throughout the day, Communist representatives from a number of countries trooped by the monument to lay bouquets of red carnations, tulips and daffodils. "Homage from the Chilean Trade Union Congress," read one card. Another floral tribute was presented "on behalf of the Marxist-Leninists in Bangladesh who cannot be here." Many residents of the city in which Marx spent...
Because of such unorthodox political views and accusations against the government and its officials, the Society asserts that Washington conducted a national and "vicious smear campaign' against the John Birch Society in the 1960s...
Marjorie, convinced that the law, as it often has done to women in her situation, will smear her as a seductress and absolve her assailant, wants to bury Raul alive in the garden. That does not happen...
...unpopular record as governor, as well as his unconventional lifestyle. Jerry challenges Pete for his lack of experience in addressing national issues, exemplified by his constant public slips. Jerry plays his usual role of avoiding a specific stance on any given subject. Each is investing millions of dollars to smear the other's reputation...