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...Pins from the three primary networks and the top newspapers are treated like gold," says Ernie Jew, and ABC employee from New York. He had so many pins on his plastic credentials cover that the credentials were hardly visible...
...said the most coveted pins floating around were the Washington Post pin, reading "NBC Barcelona 92" and an ABC pin that has a microphone sticking out. "Now that's a tough one to find...
Limbaugh's knack for being funny persuaded Ed McLaughlin, a former president of the ABC Radio Network, to make the talker a national star. "The thing I got immediately," McLaughlin says, "was his sense of humor in a traditionally nonhumorous format. He had all the elements: innate intelligence, a high curiosity and the desire to be a star." In 1988 McLaughlin made Limbaugh a partner in their enterprise and brought him to New York City's WABC, as a base for the so-called Excellence in Broadcasting Network -- a company that does not exist; Rush just thought the name sounded...
...ABC has captured the most seats (four) on the debate panels, and some people in Washington wonder if it's a coincidence that the network also seems to enjoy the coziest relations with the Administration. White House correspondent Ann Compton, who has arranged blind dates for White House counsel C. Boyden Gray, was chosen for the Oct. 11 session. ABC political director Hal Bruno and correspondent Carole Simpson will be on later panels. NBC, the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal have declined to participate, objecting to the protocol giving the candidates a say in choosing panel reporters...
...debates, they fielded only two questions on civil rights. In 1980 Ronald Reagan got off scot-free when he confidently forecast that his economic elixir of tax cuts and defense hikes would miraculously produce "a balanced budget by 1983, if not earlier." At least in 1988 Ann Compton of ABC deserved credit for pressing George Bush: "Isn't the phrase 'no new taxes' misleading the voters?" With mangled syntax, Bush responded lamely, "No because that's -- that -- I'm pledged to that...