Control freaks and the V-Chip politics in Washington
A critique of Washington focus on violence in entertainment and a proposed V-Chip to block programs. The piece argues the push is a bid for greater government control of communications, masking concerns for children and expanding federal influence, while noting costs and free speech issues under the First Amendment.
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Washington
United States
Senate
Clinton
Congress
Waco books offer insight into the Mount Carmel tragedy
Syndicated columnist notes two new books supply background on the Waco siege. Dick J. Reavis’s The Ashes of Waco examines prophecy, Seventh Day Adventism and the Mount Carmel commune. James Tabor and Eugene Gallagher’s Why Waco? Cults and the Battle for Religious Freedom analyzes Koresh theology and the FBI siege.
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House
Vernon Howell
David Koresh
Mount Carmel
Waco
Texas
Dick J. Reavis
Reavis
Howell
Koresh
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
BATF
FBI
Davidians
James Tabor
University of North Carolina At
Charlotte
Tabor
Eugene V. Gallagher
Connecticut College
America
Gallagher
Janet Reno
Bock
Orange County
Calif
Media still gooey over Roosevelt and the press
A column recounts CBS figures Bob Schieffer and Lesley Stahl praising FDR and his era, noting how coverage of leaders blends admiration with scrutiny. It cites PBS profiles, Moyers comments, and a shift in press privacy, while linking media bias to debates on Whitewater and health care. Bozell of the Media Research Center is referenced.
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CBS
Bob Schieffer
Franklin Roosevelt
Doris Goodwin
America
Roosevelt
Schieffer
Lesley Stahl
Russert
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PBS
Stahl
Bill Moyers
NBC
Moyers
Texas
Ronald Reagan
Newt Gingrich
Whitewater
Paula Jones
Clintons
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