Word: stahl
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...signals were there that the public liked this man in the White House and that the press should lay off," said Stahl, currently the mediator on CBS's Face the Nation...
...Without public criticism, the press has no story beyond the first one. There is no secondary story having any influence," Stahl said...
Public opinion affects the press's power to criticize presidential policies, former White House correspondent Lesley Stahl said last night at the Law School Forum...
Feedback from public opinion polls discouraged the press from criticizing President Reagan during his first six years in office, Stahl told the audience of more than 100 people...
...Administration had before in managing and staging the news so that Reagan would be seen in the most favorable light where it counted most, on nightly television. In a forthcoming book, Behind the Front Page, David S. Broder of the Washington Post describes how CBS Correspondent Lesley Stahl once put together a tough, critical piece illustrating White House hype, full of flags, balloons and children. She expected to be chided for it; instead, a White House aide said he loved it and asked, "Haven't you figured it out yet? The public doesn't pay any attention to what...