Agnew Bias in Television Highlighted in New Book
Sig Mickelson praises broadcast news while The Electric Mirror argues TV coverage shows a distorted picture of America. The vice president cites dramatic pieces as shaping public perception and notes editing selects action to connect events.
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Electric Mirror
Dodd, Mead
Television News
Sig Mickelson
CBS News
Time-Life Broadcasting
International Broadcast Institute
Walter Cronkite
Mickelson
Agnew
Cronkite
America
Mick
Television News Bias and Its Effects on Public Perception
The author argues TV news favors dramatic Vietnam action over pacification data and claims networks share a liberal bias. It cites Agnew and Mickelson alleging a TV news monopoly on national coverage while noting a new president of network news admits common liberal attitudes. The Electric Mirror critiques TV show biz tendencies as uninformative yet not advocating censorship.
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Elson
Vietnam
Network News
The
Electric Mirror
Agnew
Commencement Speech Debate Faces Free Speech Limits
A letter criticizes proposed bans on long commencement speeches as harmful to freedom of expression while noting a decline in sensational graduation coverage. The writer highlights editor judgment and comments on how speakers warn graduates about wielding power to fix all wrongs.
No-fault insurance debate and local chatter in Andrews
The Andrews County News notes ongoing talk about no fault insurance and court backlogs, with Ed Doo little criticizing job prospects for graduates and government aid. Local readers discuss moratoriums, traffic cases, and the push for clearer reporting, while Clem Webster praises readers demanding more relevant coverage.
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Country Store
Ed Doolittle
New York City
Josh Clodhopper
Josh
Clem Webster
Clem
This Week In Andrews Lightning Tales From a Witty Reporter
This week in Andrews the writer recalls lightning stories from past years and a present storm. She recounts close calls with thunder and transformers while hosting a party for eighth graders and reflecting on a Pecos 1965 fatal strike.
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Andrews
Floresville
Pecos Eighth Graders Send Off For Migrating Student
A farewell gathering for a Pecos eighth grader moving to Odessa drew 55 students. Another mother rented a swimming pool for the event, turning the humorous lightning tale into a lighthearted sendoff amid the unusual planning.
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Pecos
Odessa
Land grant notes and memorials from 1772 to 1872
A historical column recounts key events: the 1772 Privy Council land grant to form a Watauga colony. 1822 Bushrod Washington’s protest at Mount Vernon. the 1772 news of Percy Shelley's death. and 1872 Calvin Coolidge’s birth with his later political rise. Also mentions Robert Desmond.
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London
Privy Council
Watauga River
Tennessee
England
Indian Six Nations
Virginia
Thomas Walpole
Samuel Wharton
John Sargent
Benjamin Franklin
Watauga Association
Potomac
Mount Vernon
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Gulf of Spezzia
Genoa
Italy
Calvin Coolidge
United States
Plymouth
Amherst College
Northampton
Mass
Massachusetts
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Harding
Robert Desmond
Texas Electric
Electric
People Power
L. F. Stoebner
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