TV News Skews Campaign Focus Toward Polls and Graphics
Television coverage favors quick, telegenic graphics over in depth issue reporting. Analysts note networks spend minutes per night on the race while viewers rely on polls to gauge lead, as half of Americans now depend on TV as their single information source.
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Los Angeles
ABC
Jeff Greenfield
George Will
Television Information Office
Michael Dukakis
George Bush
William Wheatley
NBC Nightly News
Wheatley
MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour
Brokaw
Jennings
Robert Lichter
Center For Media and Public Affairs
PBS
Lichter
TV Campaign Coverage Faces Debate On Issues Versus Brevity
The debate centers on whether TV news informs voters about policy or reduces coverage to quick sound bites. Critics say viewers prefer brevity and entertainment, while proponents argue extended segments still provide issue context. Experts note networks favor strategy and polls over substantive policy discussion.
Moyers World of Ideas offers serious discussion on TV
Bill Moyers hosts a 10 week series on WVIZ Channel 25 featuring 56 half hour interviews with scholars scientists and artists. The program explores ethics beliefs and the future of America amid the presidential race aiming to provoke thought and debate in a media landscape seen as shallow.
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Bill Moyers
Moyers
World of Ideas
Jessica Tuchman Mathews
Alexander Cockburn
Wviz-Tv
Channel 25
Jessica Tuchman
Mathews
Roger Rabbit Special Promises Clips From Toontown
TV tonight at 8 features Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toontown with clips and behind the scenes footage. Bob Hoskins and Roger himself appear on screen alongside a colorized 1940 James Stewart performance as a reporter tangled in a mystery.
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Roger Rabbit & the
Toontown
Roger Rabbit
Roger
Bob Hoskins
James Stewart
Critic Choices and TV Highlights From Evening Schedule
The listing spotlights Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant in a familiar tale and notes a true Hollywood musical. It also previews Victoria Principal, Dan Aykroyd hosting a musical variety special at Universal Studios, and Ted Koppel’s Nightline inspired drug discussion on The Koppel Report.
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Katharine Hepburn
Cary Grant
Dan Aykroyd
Universal Studios
Horoscope for Virgo to Pisces Readers on September 14 1988
Bernice Osol presents a daily astrology page noting career and social promise for the year ahead. Each sign receives guidance on communication, opportunities, imagination, gratitude, and personal pride with cautions about practicality and timing.
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VIRGO
LIBRA
No Trump Contract Narrowly Sets in This 1990s Deal
In a bridge debrief from a 30 year old deal North-South play a two over one game over a potential three heart partscore. South misreads to three no trump after a diamond lead. West misleads with clubs. a heart return could have defeated the contract if read from the spade nine.
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North
Declarer
North-South
South
West
East
Vague Postings Prompt Mysterious Figures and Codes
Fragmentary OCR provides scattered alphanumeric strings and numbers including Qs% Vlogs Kwe e K64 43 EAST $992 WAKI 75 1885. Readable elements suggest a ledger or ad-like snippet with no clear event or names. Interpretation remains uncertain.
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Greenfield
Tom Brokaw
Peter Jennings
Dan Rather
John Darling
Channel Seven
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Sondy Shores
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Gerry Shamray
Ken Tucker
Knight-Ridder Newspapers
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Joseph Campbell
Power of Myth
Barbara Walters
Geet Ecco Fee
Koppel
Teain Family
EastEnders
the Koppel
Ig Borneo
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America
Nightline
Ted Koppel
Chronicle Telegram
Tviw
ESPN
Astrology
Bernice Osol
Scorpio
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Capricorn
ARIES
Taurus
Gemini
James Jacoby
Grasso
Fmt
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DENON
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Kef
Klipsch
Mission
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MGA
SNELL
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Ohio Bureau of Employment
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