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...wake of the Smith rape trial in Florida, the role of the mass media in American courtrooms must be reexamined. Is it a good thing that a woman who claimed that she was raped had her blacked out face broadcast by every media outlet from CNN to Saturday Night Live? If not, is it a necessary evil, the only alternative to which is government censorship...
...glare of television lights amplifies pressure and makes clear thinking more difficult. Rape victims are nervous enough testifying in public courtrooms; describing one's own rape to total strangers, in the presence of the rapist, while a lawyer tries to destroy the testimony will make anyone tense enough. CNN on the scene only makes it worse, and there is no "openness" interest to cut the other...
Editors and broadcast executives were justified in feeling disconcerted. "I think we did the right thing ((to hide her identity))," said Tom Johnson, president of CNN. "But I do feel awkward about it now." Johnson and other news executives said her about-face will not change their attitude toward identifying rape victims. Explained an ABC News spokesperson: "Our policy is not to reveal the names of rape victims unless they choose. If at any time during the process they choose to go public, then we would name them." One news organization that may feel vindicated: NBC, the only TV network...
What's the value of secrets if nobody asks you for them? Fresh, reliable information is the measure of an intelligence czar. But new CIA director ROBERT GATES has noted that whenever something big happens, everybody from the President on down turns to CNN for up-to-the-minute reports. Gates is considering going CNN one better by creating his own private news program. Available on an encrypted computer system, the central intelligence network would distribute instant analysis and scoops to about 200 top Administration officials. Film...
...County courthouse sends every word and gesture -- everything, that is, except the face of the alleged victim -- to a jury of millions. During some parts of the testimony by the alleged victim last week, the audience for Cable News Network climbed to nearly 3.2 million viewers, nine times what CNN usually draws those hours...