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Donahue was well known to Soviet TV audiences even before last month's visit. His two so-called Citizens' Summits -- satellite-linked question-answer sessions between studio audiences in the U.S. and Soviet Union, co-moderated by Donahue and Soviet Journalist Vladimir Pozner -- were telecast in the U.S.S.R. last year, as was a Donahue segment featuring Houston Biomedical Researcher Arnold Lockshin and his family, who defected to the Soviet Union last October. But Donahue's aggressive, confrontational interviewing style seemed to confuse and anger many Soviets, who saw it as evidence of hostility...
Still two weeks away from its telecast, Amerika has incited what may be the biggest avalanche of protest against any program in TV history. Moscow has denounced it as dangerous propaganda, liberal groups have complained that it will fuel anti-Soviet sentiment, and the United Nations is upset that the movie portrays its troops as ruthless marauders. Critics have raced into print with condemnations of the still unfinished movie, many of them based only on bootleg scripts or a 90-minute presentation tape. Last week the protesters scored a major victory: Chrysler Corp., the show's largest advertiser, announced that...
...another example of Hollywood Red-bashing and hinted at possible repercussions for ABC News' Moscow bureau. The project was put on hold temporarily (only to make budget revisions, Stoddard now says), but shooting went ahead last March. Soviet officials have since expressed interest in buying the show for telecast in their country. "It would be useful if Soviet TV viewers were shown how public opinion in the U.S.A. is formed," says Leonid Kravchenko, deputy chairman of Gosteleradio, the Soviet agency in charge of radio...
...week. Cash and pledges have arrived in a steady stream over the past fortnight, at a rate of more than $160,000 each day. That was the good news. But there was also the bad news: a television channel in Washington dumped two January episodes of his 30-minute telecast. Seven other outlets, including stations in Tulsa and Dallas, are now monitoring each of the United Methodist preacher's syndicated shows to see if they fit the stations' standards. The Tulsa Tribune, a somewhat sympathetic observer of Roberts over the years, declared in an editorial headline, COME OFF IT, ORAL...
...invited to be the intermission guest on the telecast of the second game, and the interviewer was vaguely apologetic and conciliatory...