Word: offing
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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BOSTON RECORD AMERICAN -I don't know any of these guys' names. The usual reporter, who seems to have the youth beat, is a fairly pimply fellow with black hair and a moustache. He often wears plaid jackets and paisley ties and shades. He has very good police contacts, and...
CRIMSON -If the demonstration is a big one, 20 CRIMSON reporters and photographers (who are all called editors) will be there. Few of them are writing anything, except the ones who are stringers for other papers, like Bob Krim of the Washington Post and Jeff Blum of the Bergen County...
OTHER HARVARD -WHRB, the radio station, always has a large crew, especially after their coverage last April, but no one listens. They talk to each other and try to sound like Edward R. Murrow on the scene with the bombs falling. The Harvard Independent has a rapid turnover of reporters...
N. Y. TIMES -Robert Reinhold writes for the Times. He is supposed to be covering the "world of ideas," but he spends all his time chasing down demonstrations and invariably gets there late. Recently, he has been getting there on time, thanks to his new stringer Ernie Wilson, and he...
TELEVISION -Television people come with huge amounts of equipment and personnel, and what shows up on the news that night is ridiculous. It is always very short and usually wrong, and the films have bouncy editing. Television people are also usually on their way somewhere else, which is their main...