Word: upi
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...before it happened,"' Ellsberg told the Niemans. "Colby did not appear to be mincing any words about how much they knew. A political decision was made not to tell Allende what we knew--now, there would be no political decision if what we knew was what we read in UPI...
...million Chinese were justified in taking a day off to celebrate their impressive achievements. Under Mao's direction, China since 1949 has eliminated-often brutally-all traces of the old society, in which there were UPI privileges and wealth for a very few, but dehumanizing poverty, disease and famine for the vast majority of peasants and workers. The China viewed today by foreign visitors appears to be by contrast a land of smiles, health and purpose-if not of freedom. True, life is regimented, spare and hard by any standard, and the country's ancient cultural heritage...
...five singles match in the Houston Astrodome. If only two-thirds of the stadium's 46,000 seats are filled-it may be a sellout, though ticket prices go up to $ 100-the contest will still attract the largest crowd ever to attend a tennis match. ABC, UPI which paid about $750,000 for the TV rights (compared with a mere $50,000 NBC put up to cover this year's Wimbledon tournament) will broadcast the event live in prime time. Bobby likes to call it "the match of the century and the battle of the sexes." Obvious...
...wire services are America's biggest bastions of public relations reporting. To insure that none of their hundreds of local subscribers will object to their coverage, the AP and the UPI are careful to present the official version of news stories in the blandest and least provocative manner. Their philosophy in its most banal formulation is: aim at the lowest common denominator of public interest and avoid alientating either the Chicago Tribune or the Podunk Gazette. Investigative reporting that might raise hackles anywhere is, of course, out of the question: how Hersh managed to break the MyLai story while working...
Personally, Warren has won a measure of acceptance from White House reporters. "He's more articulate than Ron," UPI's Helen Thomas observes...