See this reporter was lost with Jimmy Carter
James Wooten recounts covering the Jimmy Carter campaign and a New York Times assignment to chase a Georgia farmer candidate. The piece blends memory, newsroom chaos, Secret Service friction, and a bold note on the distinction between living and covering a presidential race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Carter
James T. Wooten
Philadelphia
Hedrick Smith
New York Times
Dave Jones
Times
Spiro Agnew
Smith
Georgia
New Hampshire
el Paso
Albuquerque
Phoenix
James Wooten
Wooten
Times Talk
New York Times Company
Georgia Farmer
Secret Service
Charley Mohr
the Times
Charley
Africa
Goa
Editorial on Mao era romance and party history revisions
The piece argues China's post Mao leaders revise history to suit politics as party papers reframe Mao's relationships. It questions whether Chiang Ching truly influenced Mao and whether Yang Kai-hui was his real partner, noting shifts in official narratives and media portrayals.
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China
Chiang Ching
Mao Tse-tung
Communist Party
Mao
Fox Butterfield
China Wecher
The
New York Times
Chiang
Yang Kai-hui
Jenmin Jih Pao
Miss Yang
Changkangshan
Ho Tzu-chen
Shanghai
Miss Chiang
Yenan
Hunan
Peking
Joseph Stalin
Ching
Chairman Mao
Carter proposes cabinet TV briefings to explain policy
President elect Carter suggests Cabinet members report on live television after January 20 and answer congressional questions. The idea echoes a British question hour but raises concerns about audience reach, PR bias, equal-time rules, and obscuring the president’s own responsibility for policy decisions.
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Cyrus Vance
Bert Lance
Mike Blumenthal
Jimmy Carter
Carter
House
Senate
Congress
Mr. Carter
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Businessmen and journalists weigh freedoms on a shaky scale
James L. Ferguson argues in an adapted ANPA speech that media identity crises reflect a changing environment shaped by technology and power. He outlines four agenda items: ensure reporters have proper expertise, define what constitutes news, curb media manipulation, and verify experts. He cautions that trust hinges on agreed ground rules and mutual respect between press and business.
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Tlames L. Ferguson
Georges Doriot
Harvard Business School
Winston Churchill
Anonymity Won’t Do for Ned and Stella Composer Ned Washington
The obituary recalls Ned Washington who died at 76 in California, noting his modest public profile as a composer compared with politicians and poets. It highlights his lasting impact through famous songs such as The Nearness of You Stella by Starlight My Foolish Heart and High Noon.
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Georgia
Detroit
the Times
Smith
Ned Washington
Mr. Washington
California
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Daley
Washington
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General Foods Corporation
Association of National Advertisers
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Stella
Southern Illinois
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William B. Cox Jr
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