Word: splashier
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...still receive a newspaper," says Michael Wolf, top media analyst at Booz, Allen & Hamilton. "A lot of people still want to know not just what happened but why it happened." In other words, editors need to worry not about things they cannot control--such as being faster than cnn, splashier than Entertainment Tonight or more interactive than Suck. "Where we are still unchallenged," notes Inquirer editor Maxwell King, "is being the best explainer of the news...
...White House, however, is at least giving Gore's report a splashier send- off than any of the previous overhaul efforts. Following Gore's press conference on Tuesday, Bill Clinton himself will hit the road to whoop up Gore's plans, with likely stops in Cleveland, Ohio, and Houston. The Administration plans some kind of publicity event on five of the six days after the conference, each probably featuring a horror story of inefficiency. Gore has compiled an extensive list, headed by the 10 pages of specifications for ashtrays -- or, as they are known to the government, "ash receivers, tobacco...
...something downright unseemly about the armies of reporters tripping over one another in Arkansas last spring, scrambling to dig up dirt on Clinton. But that was when polls had the Democrat third in a three-way race. As campaign reporters are quick to point out, the cheerier coverage and splashier play started when Clinton surged in the polls. Says David Lauter, who covers Clinton for the Los Angeles Times: "When people say Clinton has been favored in the press, there's a certain amount of amnesia going on. For that matter, at the end of the Gulf War people were...