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PRESSWATCH by John Corry The Everlasting First Couple N ow it is official: The president is a liar, even though he has not admitted it in so many words, and it is unlikely he ever will. Bill...

From the TAS Web Page: Online Sampler (November 1997)

by John Corry, Tracy Robinson Online Sampler Togo West's Peace Mission The Army has released its long delayed report on sexual harassment, and its findings are bizarre. What are we to think when...

Presswatch: Global Warmers (November 1997)

by John Corry Global Warmers They've even politicized the 11 o'clock weather report. D o not think for a moment that global warming is a subject only for science, or that science will decide...

Presswatch: From Lake to Oceania (May 1997)

PR ESSWATCH by John Corry From Lake to Oceania A nthony Lake was a bad choice to begin with. Something about him did not feel right, and the thought of him heading the CIA made people nervous....

Presswatch: Unchained Melodies (March 1997)

by John Corry Unchained Melodies The Clintons feel under siege—from the little ol' rightwing press. In their hearts they must know who's right. C redit Mrs. Clinton for the honesty of her...

Presswatch: Network Meanness (October 1996)

"Presswatch: Network Meanness" GOP defensiveness is entirely a function of media bias....

Presswatchl Salty V-Chips (September 1995)

Salty V-Chips by John Corry I t was not supposed to happen. Conservatives are now calling for government censorship, a notion that until recently was advocated only by liberals. When Congress was...

Presswatch / Meeting the Enemy (July 1995)

Meeting the Enemy by John Corry Williams, after all, was appearing on television, where panelists are encouraged to blurt out provocations, especially on programs like "Capital Gang." Rowan,...

Presswatch /Back in the Saddle Again (May 1995)

Back in the Saddle Again by John Corry 1 t is scoundrel time again. You knew the Republicans have no compassion when you read the New York Times's quote of the day. It always appears in a box on...

Presswatch / PBS, R.I.P. (April 1995)

PBS, R.I.P. by John Corry I t is time to fmally settle the argument about public broadcasting: End federal funding now. Congress had no business offering it in the first place. Lost in all the...

Presswatch / Howard's End (April 1994)

Howard's End by John Corry H ow does the press handle Louis Farrakhan? By explaining him away for one thing; by suspending its moral sense for another. The screwball leader of the Nation of Islam...

Presswatch / The Straight and Narrow (December 1994)

The Straight and Narrow by John Corry T he press is growing uncomfortable. America is changing, but the press is not, and increasingly people seem to dislike it. A poll by the Times-Mirror Center...

Presswatch/At Sea on Foreign Policy (November 1994)

At Sea on Foreign Policy by John Corry n the end, one side made as much / sense as the other. Just after Secretary of State Warren Christopher told White House reporters with a straight face that...

Presswatch/ The Hoagland Affair (August 1994)

PRESSWATCH The Hoagland Affair by John Corry ntil her death last year, Marion U Magid was the managing editor of Commentary magazine, and though we never met, I knew about her in the way that...

Presswatch / The Hiss Factor (July 1994)

The Hiss Factor by John Corry T he week after Richard Nixon died, Newsweek ran a collection of reminiscences about his life. The first was from Tony Hiss, who said Nixon's career was built on the...

Presswatch / The Elves of Whitewater (June 1994)

The Elves of Whitewater by John Corry / n the end, it may be a novelist or playwright who will tell the Whitewater story best. The press, by and large, is ambivalent. It is aware of the moral...

Presswatch /Roman Scandals (February 1994)

Roman Scandals by John Corry John Cardinal O'Connor has not spoken to a reporter since last summer, and does not plan to speak to one soon. The archdiocese of New York has made no announcement on...

Presswatch / Out You Go! (January 1994)

Out You Go! by John Corry W hen Ed Koch ran against Mario Cuomo in the Democratic mayoral primary in New York in 1977, his sexual preference was a great hidden issue. In certain communities in the...

Presswatch/The MIA Sellout (December 1993)

The MIA Sellout by John Corry T he POW-MIA story is changing. Once it was about missing servicemen, but now it is about finance. A New York Times story about American business leaders meeting with...

Presswatch / Fairness Most Foul (November 1993)

Fairness Most Foul by John Corry / t may indeed be the "Hush Rush" bill, just as the Wall Street Journal said, or it may be only the reflex action of liberal politicians still frozen in time, but...

Presswatch / Killing the Foster Story (October 1993)

W hat drove Vincent Foster to suicide? "After nearly a month of examination," the Washington Post declared, summing up its investigation into Foster's death, "no rumor has panned out, no unmasking...

Presswatch / Off the Straight and Narrow (September 1993)

B eware when the press plows new moral ground. Homosexuality is now all over page one and the evening news, although reasonable people may find that stories about it are suspect. "Don't ask, don't...

Presswatch (II) / In God They Trust (July 1993)

everybody should have is Time's preference for hagiography over journalism. Carlson treats lightly the closed-door meetings of the health-care task force. She virtually neglects Hillary's role as...

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