Media voices and the rising tide of bad news
A satirical essay critiques newsrooms and announcers for fearmongering and sensationalism. It jokes about two voice types, warns of the Saidblatch theory that bad news is good news, and mocks both male and female news presenters while lamenting modern media’s grip on society.
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Vinton
Hamlet
Malcolm Snidblatch
Thevis case shows Georgia ties in Carter era politics
A New York Times analysis details Andrew Young's aid to imprisoned porn magnate Michael Thevis, Thevis's jailbreak and travel through courts, and Georgia figures linked to Carter administration. It argues a pattern of influence by Georgians in the Justice Department and prison system amid murder and racketeering indictments.
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Carter
Andy Young
U.N
Mr. Young
Norman Carlson
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Mr. Thevis
Justice Department
Springfield
Thevis
Young
Bert Lance
Carter-Young
Michael Thevis
Indiana
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
Keystone Kops
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Utah
Cedar Rapids
Coe College
the Stamats Publishing Co
Frank Magid Associates
Italy
Attila the Hun
Ukraine
Daily Press
Babes
Libya
Porn
Washington
Andrew Young
Joan Thevis
Atlanta
Mike Thevis
Bobby Lee Cook
Summerville, Ga
Cook
Billy Lee Campbell
Calhoun Bank
Senate
Bert
Tongsun Park
Griffin Bell
Korea
Park
Shulman
Sidney O. Smith
New York Times Service
I Spe & S
Lindale
Seifert
Flo
GE Porta
Il 10
Diagonal TV
Goodyear
Bob Shimon
2Nd Ave
Westside
Gary Barmore
Williams Blvd
Marion
East Edge
7Th Ave
Mon
Nellie Streigle