Word: viewpoints
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...digging up stories around the country and the world. What has exploded is not news, but talk about the news; commentary, not information. Which makes the news explosion both more democratic and more suspect. Everyone from Kathie Lee Gifford to call-in viewers on Larry King Live has a viewpoint, and every viewpoint gets a hearing. Howard Stern may be as influential as Peter Jennings. MSNBC fills its airtime with a corps of interchangeable "contributors" who offer seat-of-the-pants opinions on whatever the big story of the day happens to be. It's cocktail party chat passing...
...There used to be one very dominant viewpoint on the council. It was the only viewpoint. I want to close the door on that for good," Hyman said...
...polygraph expert Richard D. Rackleff, who said he had tested Jewell and judged him "totally innocent." (Jewell refused an FBI polygraph.) Finally the lawyers hit the interview shows, demanding that since the government wasn't accusing Jewell, it should clear him and apologize. Their week climaxed on Nightline's Viewpoint special, which showcased their criticism of the media's coverage of Jewell and aired a national poll indicating that only 19% of those asked thought Jewell was guilty. Said Jewell lawyer G. Watson Bryant Jr. to TIME:"These jerks [the federal authorities] need to get up off their butts...
...says most club members take an American viewpoint "based on democratic values" when they discuss political issues, but that the club cannot do the same...
...very mutual situation, which was the best way, and rather worrying as well because-let's face it, Diana was married, but not only was she married, she was married to the future King, which makes one look at it in a completely different viewpoint." --Former army captain James Hewitt, in a TV interview, on falling in love with the Princess of Wales...