Word: coding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...TRANSITION Coping with Carter's Code...
Carter will also require his 2,200 top-level appointees to abide by an unprecedentedly rigorous financial code. While they will be permitted to keep real estate, savings accounts and Government securities, they will have...
Carter's own ethical sense and the character of his appointees will be more important than any rules. The restrictions may also discourage some able people from joining the new Administration. On balance, however, the code sets a stern moral tone that the public clearly wants...
...code's first victim was Greg Schneiders, 29, who joined Carter in 1975 as a baggage carrier and became a confidential aide. After reading an FBI report on his bad debts and bounced checks, he withdrew from consideration as White House appointments secretary...
PERHAPS ARGUMENTS such as these seem picky and harsh for this lone foray into an unexplored and uncriticized area. But the film itself chooses to act as the networks' social conscience. If it wants to take on these pretensions, it is important that Network adhere to the code it criticizes newscaster for shirking: to get the facts straight and to tell the truth...