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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...cited boxing champion Mike Tyson, former Washington, D.C. mayor Marion Barry, and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as examples...

Author: By Anna D. Wilde, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Chuck D Speaks at Sanders | 2/22/1992 | See Source »

...Indianapolis [the site of Tyson's recent rape trial] it was 'We're going to hang this nigger right here,'" he said. "It wasn't concern for the lady because they didn't even know who she was then...

Author: By Anna D. Wilde, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Chuck D Speaks at Sanders | 2/22/1992 | See Source »

Court TV is in clover with the Tyson and Dahmer trials running simultaneously, but get set for the encore: Charles Manson's parole hearings begin in about two weeks, along with opening testimony in the Rodney King case. In April, Court TV hopes to cover the trials of the Soviet coupsters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forward Spin: Feb. 17, 1992 | 2/17/1992 | See Source »

More important for these shows is the "great get": that exclusive interview with the tabloid-press star of the week, from Marla Maples to Mike Tyson (rest assured, he'll turn up on one show or another once his rape trial is over). These shows compete fiercely for such interviews -- not just with one another but also with the daytime talk shows and syndicated magazine shows like A Current Affair. The journalistic result, however, is often skimpy. Ed Bradley's 60 Minutes interview with Anita Hill, for example, was surprisingly bland; he probed little into her personal life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Prime Time | 2/17/1992 | See Source »

...rape trial pits boxer Mike Tyson against his own savage celebrity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 2/10/1992 | See Source »

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