Word: denenberg
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Dunster House Music Society. A program of Renaissance Madrigals in the library at 5:30 p.m. Shira Perlmutter, soprano; Steven Denenberg, tenor; Sue Jones, alto; and Tom Moore, bass. Free...
...Denenberg is not merely a reporter; he sometimes adds action to excoriation. When he noticed that the antidote on the labels of all wood-alcohol products was medically unsound and possibly fatal, he filed a successful petition with the Consumer Product Safety Commission for new labeling regulations. Two weeks ago Denenberg petitioned the commission to order all U.S. poison labels-some 50,000-rewritten...
...Denenberg is one of at least 50 TV consumer reporters in the U.S. They are a new and embattled breed. John Stossel of New York City's WCBS-TV faces $25 million worth of lawsuits, and Orien Reed, Denenberg's counterpart at KYW-TV in Philadelphia, says she has lost count of the actions filed against her. But Herb Denenberg? He has provoked not a single lawsuit. Not a single advertiser has threatened to cancel...
...reason is that Denenberg and his unpaid staff (three student interns and his wife Naomi) check and recheck every word in his scripts. Moreover, his legal, academic and government experience puts him on equal footing with many company lawyers. Says he: "I know my neck is on the line...
...Denenberg has a couple of product defects: a nasal twang and a face that could stop a utility rate hike. "I don't use makeup," he sighs. "I discovered I looked worse wearing it." Still, Denenberg outran Walter Cronkite in a 1973 Pennsylvania poll on trustworthy public figures. Some colleagues suggest the scourge is using TV as a launching pad for another shot at public office. Denenberg admits, "I would like to have more resources...