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EXECUTIVE EDITORS: Edward L. Jamieson, Ronald Kriss...
EXECUTIVE EDITORS: Edward L. Jamieson, Ronald Kriss...
...Saturday we were ready to go to press in the U.S. and Canada with a cover story on the frightening tide of violence among American youths when we heard news of the massacre in Beijing. Shortly before midnight, with the death toll rising into the hundreds, Executive Editor Ronald Kriss made the decision to change the cover. Then, as if things were not complicated enough, he heard that Ayatullah Khomeini had died in Iran. That story too is in this issue, even though it occurred only hours before the presses were set to roll...
When the discussion turned to Wright, who has said he will resign over questions about his personal ethics, Kriss said that before Watergate, journalists had a different view of what was newsworthy...
...Those were the days when [reporters] were aware of things and didn't report them," said Kriss...