Word: wieghart
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hand. Says one participant: "A certain dynamism took over. One party became very harsh, and the other side then said, 'All right, we'll do the same thing.' " Of the first dozen names submitted, the Democrats reportedly agreed to five, the Republicans to just one: James Wieghart, national political correspondent for the Scripps-Howard newspapers and former editor of the New York Daily News. After rejecting another group proposed by the League, each campaign countered with suggested names: some were rejected by the other side and some by the League, which wanted...
...House aides said that for the first time in the campaign, the mood in the White House was tense. Given the right to veto reporters suggested by the League of Women Voters as panel questioners, the two sides rejected almost 100 before settling on Diane Sawyer of CBS, James Wieghart of Scripps-Howard News Service and Fred Barnes of the Baltimore...
Breslin gleefully renewed the attack the next day, demanding a 5% commission from the News for inducing the P.B.A. to take out an ad. News Editor James Wieghart said no, and made it clear that he did not endorse the columns. Said Wieghart: "You have to give columnists leeway, but if I were Breslin, I would be embarrassed...
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