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Moyers is not the only TV figure to prompt complaints from the Administration. On Election Night, Gergen telephoned CBS White House Correspondent Lesley Stahl to condemn remarks made by her and her colleagues that the results were a referendum on Reaganomics and that it was likely to be "a Democratic night." Ten days later, Reagan complained to conservative Columnist James Kilpatrick that TV coverage of the economy was persistently unfair. Said Kilpatrick, paraphrasing Reagan: "CBS in particular, he remarked, seemed determined to distort the economic picture by excessive concentration on the bad news...
Bringing a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court for a fictitious character named James' Mendez were third-year law students Faithe A Dalton. Edward J DcAngclo, Jim H Goering, Joby Y. Jakosa, John D Stahl and Lawrence J Studnicky...
...cutesy topical imagery ("E.T., phone home: [New Mexico Senator and Former Astronaut] Jack Schmitt needs help"). Above all, he appeared hell-bent on spotting a Democratic trend. For Republicans, he said, "it certainly doesn't look good. No way to make it look good." White House Correspondent Lesley Stahl shared his view. Soon after 7 p.m. E.S.T., she announced flatly, "It is a Democratic year." After Reporter Bruce Morton miscalled Hiler's defeat, he suggested that Democrats could win "40 or 50 seats" in the House...
White House aides were understandably furious. Said one ranking insider: "It was the most blatantly partisan election-night coverage that I have ever seen." Presidential Spokesman David Gergen telephoned Stahl during the broadcast to complain. She relayed the protest to Rather, but it apparently had no effect on him or his colleagues. Next day, on the CBS Evening News, Moyers opined that the elections had "crippled the Republican Party...
...great effect" on the quality of the paper. But for some Star and Tribune staff members, Bailey's protest reflected a growing concern that the company was stressing profitability and the value of its privately held stock above journalistic quality. "It came as a complete shock," said Brent Stahl, a news research analyst and staffer with the paper's respected Minnesota Poll, which is also being axed. The local Newspaper Guild polled its members and produced a vote of "no confidence" in the paper's publisher, Donald Dwight. But City Editor Bob Franklin, asked if he could...