Networks Trade Anti Drug Messages for TV Free Credit
The White House drug office used financial credits to influence scripts on ER Chicago Hope Cosby Drew Carey Show The Practice Beverly Hills 90210 and more as part of a 1997 anti drug ads program Networks could match ad buys with free spots and submit scripts for review while denying content control Experts worry about perceived network independence and possible coercion though officials say guidance was voluntary and changes were rare.
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Pasadena
Calif
White House
Salon.com
NBC
CBS
Chicago Hope
Cosby
ABC
Drew Carey
Practice
Fox
Congress
Rich Hamilton
Zenith Media
National Drug Control Policy
Hamilton
Aly Colon
Poynter Institute
Alan Levitt
Tom Tyre
Brad Turell
Federal Drug Office
Levitt
Office
Donald Vereen
Rosalyn Weinman
Julie Hoover
Hoover
Steve Duistman
Partnership For A
Residents oppose new train whistle proposal in Arlington Heights
Arlington Heights residents protest a federal plan to require train whistles at all crossings, fearing noise will erode quiet and hurt property values amid new development. FRA officials cite life safety, noting 43 deaths and over 1,300 injuries in 1998 crosssing crashes and a 62 percent rise when whistles stop.
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Arlington Heights
Lit
Arlene Mulder
Chicago
Mulder
Federal Railroad Administration
FRA
Jolene Molitoris
Winois
Amtrak
Bourbonnais
Molitoris
Ohio
Massachusetts
Florida
Oregon
California
District of Columbia
Indiana
Hingis
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