Current Wisdom
Jackasses, Assorted
CURRENT WISDOM The Charles Grodin Show Charles Grodin, Friend of Bill, betraying the symptoms of diabolical infestation that has afflicted his kind ever since learning that Monica Lewinsky did not...
...I would rather reread the news from Kosovo...
...A dumbwaiter appears with a tray of food...
...National Public Radio makes choices based on the journalistic requirements of the story—not because of pressure from lobby groups...
...SEPTEMBER 4, 1998] Monterey County Herald Pacific Grove's Alan Thompson loses it at the movies: In Bunuel's film, "Phantom of Liberty," elegantly-dressed couples in a mansion finish cocktails, the hostess ushers them into a room set for a dozen...
...The responsibility should have been in his lap...
...SEPTEMBER z8, 1998] New Republic Michael Walzer, poet and conscience to a nation, begins to crack up—years into the Starr dictatorship: How to read the newspaper these days has become a hard question...
...He has never been "banned" from NPR and never will be...
...The guest in question, Steven Emerson, did appear on "Talk Of The Nation...
...No doubt, there will be other opportunities for him to appear again...
...Emerson is one of many commentators available to NPR on events involving his area of expertise (terrorism and counter-terrorism...
...He has never been "banned" from NPR and never will be...
...He quickly eats, wipes his mouth and, returning to the main room, lowers his pants and rejoins the group...
...SEPTEMBER 4, 1998] Monterey County Herald Pacific Grove's Alan Thompson loses it at the movies: In Bunuel's film, "Phantom of Liberty," elegantly-dressed couples in a mansion finish cocktails, the hostess ushers them into a room set for a dozen...
...Bunuel's inversion of social conventions regarding bodily functions speaks to the current news...
...After that, I work my way through the foreign news, country by country...
...If he had, he would have known there is no blacklisting of anyone at National Public Radio...
...And he compels her, in her grand-jury testimony, to speak with a specificity somewhere between the pornographic and the gynecological...
...But the table is two feet high and seats are toilets...
...Bunuel's inversion of social conventions regarding bodily functions speaks to the current news...
...Ladies hike up gowns, gentlemen lower trousers, and conversation ensues as they peruse magazines...
...He ransacks her computer not just for her correspondence but for evidence of her private thoughts, rooting out drafts of letters she apparently had no intention of sending...
...No doubt, there will be other opportunities for him to appear again...
...To accuse NPR of blacklisting is inflammatory, sensationalistic and just plain wrong...
...American politics is simply unreadable...
...As with previous presidents' affairs, this might provide mild titillation 20 years from now...
...And then I stop...
...Jackson, wordsmith: "I think he should have made it very clear— to Monica, to her family, all of those forces need to feel that there's no fall guy...
...NPR has a reputation for fair and balanced journalism...
...JEFFREY DVORKIN Vice president, news (5, information National Public Radio Washington [SEPTEMBER 7, 1998] 92 November 1998 The American Spectator...
...My current practice is largely determined by a strategy of avoidance...
...NPR has a reputation for fair and balanced journalism...
...SEPTEMBER 28, 1998]Face the Nation Felicitous commentary on the topic of Boy Clinton from the Rev...
...The guest in question, Steven Emerson, did appear on "Talk Of The Nation...
...As with previous presidents' affairs, this might provide mild titillation 20 years from now...
...AUGUST 23, 1998] Washington Times Righteous protest in the correspondence section of the Good Times from NPR's Jeffrey Dvorkin, sounding just a little bit like the late Josef Goebbels: It is unfortunate that Jeff Jacoby did not speak to me prior to writing his Sept 3 commentary, "Tale of a blacklist: 'It's NPR policy...
...This man will be considered one of the best human beings to hold the office of the president, independent of this awful, terrible, personal failing that he has committed...
...Next I enjoy the sports pages, spending as much time as possible with the baseball box scores...
...Jackson, wordsmith: "I think he should have made it very clear— to Monica, to her family, all of those forces need to feel that there's no fall guy...
...A dumbwaiter appears with a tray of food...
...He quickly eats, wipes his mouth and, returning to the main room, lowers his pants and rejoins the group...
...What if Monica Lewinsky had met with Bill Clinton to trim his hair...
...To make it instead the current focal point of national attention guarantees that those who are pursuing and purveying this story will be the laughingstock of future generations...
...Jacoby refers to was an error on the part of the producer of our program, "Talk Of The Nation...
...To accuse NPR of blacklisting is inflammatory, sensationalistic and just plain wrong...
...First, Starr drives Lewinsky to bare herself to him, pressuring her with months of intimidatory leaks, threats, and proxy roughings up (as in the subpoenaing of Lewinsky's mother, Marcia Lewis, who, with her expensively youthful appearance, made a fine stand-in for her daughter...
...We intend to keep it...
...He enters a tiny room, locks the door and sits on a chair...
...SEPTEMBER z8, 1998] New Republic Michael Walzer, poet and conscience to a nation, begins to crack up—years into the Starr dictatorship: How to read the newspaper these days has become a hard question...
...ALAN THOMPSON Pacific Grove [SEPTEMBER 9, 1998]The New Yorker In "The Talk of the Town" evidence that Mad Cow Disease has spread to the United States: Substitute sexual intercourse for the verbal intercourse in which Starr forced Lewin-sky to participate, and the whole investigation looks very much like an assault...
...She misspoke herself to a lobby group and now understands that she was in error...
...Two-thirds of Americans don't care what was going on...
...Call me an internal émigré from Kenneth Starr's America...
...CURRENT WISDOM The Charles Grodin Show Charles Grodin, Friend of Bill, betraying the symptoms of diabolical infestation that has afflicted his kind ever since learning that Monica Lewinsky did not leave the White House a virgin: "This is a good man...
...SEPTEMBER 28, 1998]Face the Nation Felicitous commentary on the topic of Boy Clinton from the Rev...
...If he had, he would have known there is no blacklisting of anyone at National Public Radio...
...Call me an internal émigré from Kenneth Starr's America...
...For the record, the incident Mr...
...To make it instead the current focal point of national attention guarantees that those who are pursuing and purveying this story will be the laughingstock of future generations...
...He enters a tiny room, locks the door and sits on a chair...
...He rifles through her closet, trophy-hunting...
...I would rather reread the news from Kosovo...
...And then I stop...
...JEFFREY DVORKIN Vice president, news (5, information National Public Radio Washington [SEPTEMBER 7, 1998] 92 November 1998 The American Spectator CURRENT WISDOM The Charles Grodin Show Charles Grodin, Friend of Bill, betraying the symptoms of diabolical infestation that has afflicted his kind ever since learning that Monica Lewinsky did not leave the White House a virgin: "This is a good man...
...One guest whispers to the host, excuses himself and leaves the table...
...Ladies hike up gowns, gentlemen lower trousers, and conversation ensues as they peruse magazines...
...The remainder are scandaland-sex obsessed politicians, media, and those people who enjoy tabloids and talk shows...
...He ransacks her computer not just for her correspondence but for evidence of her private thoughts, rooting out drafts of letters she apparently had no intention of sending...
...Emerson is one of many commentators available to NPR on events involving his area of expertise (terrorism and counter-terrorism...
...I check to see if there are any op-ed pieces or letters to the editor from people I know...
...What if Monica Lewinsky had met with Bill Clinton to trim his hair...
...Or to give him a manicure...
...Next I enjoy the sports pages, spending as much time as possible with the baseball box scores...
...National Public Radio makes choices based on the journalistic requirements of the story—not because of pressure from lobby groups...
...Then I look for reassurance of another kind: that nothing awful has happened in the Middle East...
...ALAN THOMPSON Pacific Grove [SEPTEMBER 9, 1998]The New Yorker In "The Talk of the Town" evidence that Mad Cow Disease has spread to the United States: Substitute sexual intercourse for the verbal intercourse in which Starr forced Lewin-sky to participate, and the whole investigation looks very much like an assault...
...After that, I work my way through the foreign news, country by country...
...The needs of our listeners and our editorial integrity and independence are our most important concerns...
...First, Starr drives Lewinsky to bare herself to him, pressuring her with months of intimidatory leaks, threats, and proxy roughings up (as in the subpoenaing of Lewinsky's mother, Marcia Lewis, who, with her expensively youthful appearance, made a fine stand-in for her daughter...
...AUGUST 23, 1998] Washington Times Righteous protest in the correspondence section of the Good Times from NPR's Jeffrey Dvorkin, sounding just a little bit like the late Josef Goebbels: It is unfortunate that Jeff Jacoby did not speak to me prior to writing his Sept 3 commentary, "Tale of a blacklist: 'It's NPR policy...
...She misspoke herself to a lobby group and now understands that she was in error...
...We intend to keep it...
...Then I look for reassurance of another kind: that nothing awful has happened in the Middle East...
...He rifles through her closet, trophy-hunting...
...Two-thirds of Americans don't care what was going on...
...I read the obituaries first to make sure that none of my friends has died...
...Or to give him a manicure...
...Jacoby refers to was an error on the part of the producer of our program, "Talk Of The Nation...
...The remainder are scandaland-sex obsessed politicians, media, and those people who enjoy tabloids and talk shows...
...American politics is simply unreadable...
...One guest whispers to the host, excuses himself and leaves the table...
...But the table is two feet high and seats are toilets...
...I read the obituaries first to make sure that none of my friends has died...
...For the record, the incident Mr...
...My current practice is largely determined by a strategy of avoidance...
...The responsibility should have been in his lap...
...The needs of our listeners and our editorial integrity and independence are our most important concerns...
...This man will be considered one of the best human beings to hold the office of the president, independent of this awful, terrible, personal failing that he has committed...
...And he compels her, in her grand-jury testimony, to speak with a specificity somewhere between the pornographic and the gynecological...
...I check to see if there are any op-ed pieces or letters to the editor from people I know...
Vol. 31 • November 1998 • No. 11
