| The Continuing Crisis | 2 |
| Editorial I | 3 |
| Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr. | |
| Editorial II | 4 |
| Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr. & Krieger, Terry | |
| The Aftermath of SALT | 5 |
| Jr, William Schneider | |
| Diary of a Mad Lover | 7 |
| Avey, John | |
| Politics as a Side Show | 8 |
| Kristol, William | |
| Network Coverage of the Democratic Presidential Candidates | 8 |
| Ferguson, James R. | |
| A Note on the News worthiness of Television News | 10 |
| Ferguson, James R. | |
| The Networks' Views of the Campaign: A Critical Assessment | 11 |
| Plattner, Marc | |
| An Interview With Edith Efron | 14 |
| The News Twisters | 16 |
| Todorovich, Miro | |
| The Public Discourse | 17 |
| Weaver, Paul H. | |
| The Great American Column | 18 |
| Rosenblatt, Roger | |
| The Language of Movies | 20 |
| Ashmead, John | |
| The Bootblack Stand: Letters to Plunkitt from Billy Joe Klegg, and Sargent Shriver | 22 |
| Letter From a Whig | 23 |
| Slemp, C. Bascom | |
| Black Mischief | 23 |
| Brudnoy, David | |
| Current Wisdom | 26 |
| Jackasses, Assorted |
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