At the new Fox News Channel, the buzzword is fairness, separating news from bias.
Date: 07 October 1996
By Lawrie Mifflin
Lawrie Mifflin
Fox News Channel is not available to most viewers because of nasty battle between Time Warner Cable, which dominates New York City with 1.1 million cable subscribers, and Rupert Murdoch, chief of News Corp, Fox's parent; many journalists believe Murdoch created Fox News to offer conservative alternative to what he views as liberal bias among traditional news purveyors; reinforcing their belief is fact that new network's chairman and chief executive is Roger Ailes, well-known former Republican political strategist; drawing (M)
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Of Hacks and TK
Date: 06 October 1996
By William Safire
William Safire
William Safire On Language column discusses journalism slang; drawing (L)
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The Press Cops Out
Date: 07 October 1996
By William E. Jackson Jr
William Jackson
Op-Ed article by William E Jackson Jr, who ran unsuccessfully as candidate in North Carolina's Ninth Congressional District, accuses state's newspapers of abdicating their responsibility to fully inform voters; says polls are driving candidates, as journalists as well; drawing (M)
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A Short, Fresh Take on Topics of the Day, and Free, Too
Date: 06 October 1996
By Melinda Tuhus
Melinda Tuhus
Peace & Justice News & Views activists distribute free weekly leaflets on timely topics, seeking to cover points news media leave out; have been handing out leaflets at New Haven, Conn, Green every Thursday at noon for six years; photos (M)
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Suburbs' Soccer Moms, Fleeing the G.O.P., Are Much Sought
Date: 06 October 1996
By Carey Goldberg
Carey Goldberg
Early polls show that white suburban women are breaking with their traditional Republican leanings and spurning Bob Dole in striking numbers; they have become central focus of campaigners and pollsters who consider them part of swing vote, without which Dole cannot win Presidency; latest New York Times/CBS News Poll, conducted in early Sept, found that support for Pres Clinton amoung married white suburban women appears to have jumped dramatically since 1992 (M)
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Is Strategy More Crucial Than the Candidates?
Date: 06 October 1996
John E Murdock 4th letter says national press is hypnotized by political consultants who define themselves, and not candidates, as central to election process
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TV Spectrum Auction
Date: 06 October 1996
Eddie O Fritts letter responds, as president of Nationanl Assn of Broadcasters, to John F Cogan's Sept 30 Op-Ed article defending auction of digital television spectrum
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NEWS SUMMARY
Date: 06 October 1996
International 3-16 SAVING CHINESE ANTIQUITIES Two years after the start of construction on the world's largest dam in China, a rescue effort for some of the country's best-known cultural antiquities has yet to begin. 12 JAPAN'S LOW BIRTH RATE Japan's tumbling birth rate, which hit a new low last year, is causing concern among officials, who are debating how to persuade couples to have more babies. 3 MONUMENT TO MIDEAST DISTRUST A West Bank shrine holy to both Jews and Muslims was the site of fierce clashes last week and has become a monument to shattered Palestinian-Israeli trust. 14 INDIANS AND OIL IN COLOMBIA The Uwa Indians of Colombia, fearing the ruin of their land and culture, say they would rather die than allow exploration for oil on their territory. 9 RWANDA'S CONTINUING WAR Hutu supremacists have continued to kill scores of Tutsi in Rwanda, sneaking across the border to attack from refugee camps in neighboring Zaire. 16 BATTLE AGAINST DRUGS IN DUBLIN Marches against the use of illegal drugs in Dublin are raising fears of vigilante violence of the kind that has occurred in Northern Ireland in the last year. 4 Tongues wag in Paris over whether the American envoy is leaving. 6 Bosnian Serb leaders boycotted a swearing-in ceremony. 13 National 22-36 LAST BEST HOPE FOR DOLE Frustrated that their candidate is still bogged in second place, Bob Dole's advisers consider the nationally televised debates that begin Sunday night as his last best chance to reverse his fortunes. 1 GENDER GAP, PART 1 Polls find a strong preference for Bob Dole over President Clinton among certain groups of men, including white men who are married and live in the suburbs. 1 GENDER GAP, PART 2 Polls find that married white suburban women who plan to vote for President Clinton gave many reasons for their choice, but they all seemed to boil down to a perception that Bob Dole is from Mars and Mr. Clinton is from Venus. 1 PRESIDENT POPULAR IN NORTHEAST There is no better gauge of President Clinton's political potency in Pennsylvania, or in the entire Northeast, than in the changed behavior of one Democrat, Mayor Ed Rendell of Philadelphia. 26 SCHOOLS FEAR HARASSMENT SUITS The recent suspensions of two little boys for kissing girls highlight the confusion of educators as they grapple with a growing fear that they may be sued for failing to intervene when one student sexually harasses another. 22 CITY BOOMS NEXT TO DANGER One of the fastest-growing cities in the West is Tooele, Utah, which manages to thrive in the shadow of an aging arsenal of chemical weapons and a troubled incinerator built to destroy them. 22 WELFARE LAW COMPLICATIONS? State officials have concluded that many options given to them by the new welfare law conflict with long-standing interpretations of the Federal Constitution as well as their state constitutions. 30 FORGIVEN ATTACKER DIES A Florida man appears to be the only ''survivor'' of the man who kidnapped, shot and left him for dead 22 years ago. 34 Metropolitan 37-46 LIFE 'TRAPPED IN A CAGE' Across New York City, tens, perhaps hundreds of thousands of poor families live in miserable, crowded conditions from which they can see no way out. But they suffer privately, captives of a hidden housing crisis that has been masked for years by the more public crisis of homelessness. 1 SENATE CANDIDATES FACE OFF New Jersey's candidates for the United States Senate, Representatives Richard A. Zimmer and Robert G. Torricelli, confronted each other in their first public debate. 1 GIULIANI READIES AN ENDORSEMENT Political Memo: The seemingly endless dance of Mayor Rudolph Giuliani around his Presidential endorsement is drawing to a close. His friends have already begun laying the groundwork for an announcement this month that he will vote for Bob Dole and Jack F. Kemp. 37 Obituaries 46-47
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Date: 07 October 1996
International A3-11 ARAB-ISRAELI TALKS OPEN Israelis and Palestinians opened the urgent negotiations they agreed to in Washington last week in an effort to salvage their peace after the recent outburst of violence in Gaza and the West Bank. A1 TENSION AMONG JEWISH SETTLERS The 500 Jews who live among 200,000 Arabs in the West Bank city of Hebron say they fear what could happen should Israeli soldiers hand over most of the city to a Palestinian police force. A6 EXODUS FROM AFGHAN CAPITAL Since Taliban forces overran the capital of Afghanistan and proclaimed a Muslim fundamentalist Government, an exodus has begun among Kabul's middle class. A8 POPE IN HOSPITAL FOR SURGERY After a weekend packed with ceremonies, audiences and public appearances, Pope John Paul II entered a Rome hospital to undergo surgery for what his doctors say is an inflamed appendix. A3 KOREANS SAY THEY HOLD AMERICAN North Korea said it had arrested an American citizen and would imprison him for espionage. A9 Problems are mounting for Britain's Tories. A3 One of Mexico's most violent states had a fairly peaceful election. A10 A rift deepens between Argentina's President and the unions. A11 Sarajevo Journal: Bosnia's chaos spawns a new underworld. A4 National A12-15, B6-11 CANDIDATES CLASH IN DEBATE President Clinton said the lives of ordinary Americans have improved during his four years in office while Bob Dole tried to chip at Mr. Clinton's record and raised questions about his character in the first debate of the campaign. A1 A DEBATE IN CIVILIZED TONES The tone was temperate and civilized during the first of two 90-minute debates, and both President Clinton and Bob Dole stuck to the big policy issues. A1 A CONTRAST IN STYLES Bob Dole offered no quarter as he maintained a steady critique of the President, but Mr. Clinton seemed resolved not to be baited into sounding non-Presidential. B7 TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW In Washington State, which two years ago went from eight Congressional Democrats and one Republican to seven Republicans and two Democrats, it is now the Republicans who are struggling to hold on to their majority. A1 THE LAST CONFEDERATE WIDOW Alabama officials had thought the last widow of a Confederate soldier had died 10 years ago, but when a publicity campaign brought the story of Alberta Martin to light, they had to revive their pension program. A12 HIGH COURT RECONVENES In its coming term, the Supreme Court will pay particular attention to the evolving constitutional relationship between the states and the Federal Government. A1 OBSTACLES TO FIGHTING TERROR A decade-long effort to bring a terrorist hijacker to justice shows how arduous the fight against international terrorism can be, but the accused is now expected to get a life sentence in Federal court. A12 STICKING POINT IN STRIKE A struggle between the Canadian Automobile Workers union and the General Motors Corporation over management prerogatives is making it difficult to settle a four-day-old strike. A14 RACE ACROSS THE BORDER El Paso, Tex., and Juarez, Mexico, may be separated by a national border, but an annual 15-kilometer race shows how closely linked the two are. A14 AD WAR IN NORTH CAROLINA As he did six years ago, Senator Jesse Helms of North Carolina has mounted an advertising blitz that seeks to link his opponent to a variety of homosexual causes, but his opponent is now fighting back. B6 Metro Report B1-5 NOT FIT TO LIVE IN Even New York City housing officials admit that their oversight of troubled buildings in poor neighborhoods is ineffectual. And the agency's many critics believe that the system has so disintegrated that it utterly fails in its basic mission: to insure that landlords provide tenants with housing that is safe and fit for human habitation. A1 YANKEE TICKET RUSH The New York Yankees have ascended to the American League Championship Series for the first time in 15 years, and that milestone was marked by a furious rush on tickets for the first two home games against the Baltimore Orioles. A1 Business Digest D1 Arts/Entertainment C11-16 Black programming on UPN and WB. C11 Film: ''Mahjong.'' C14 ''La Promesse.'' C14 ''Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse.'' C15 Music: ''The Rake's Progress'' in Paris. C11 Books: ''Stravinsky and the Russian Traditions.'' C15 Television: ''Mr. Justice Brennan.'' C16 Sports C1-10 Baseball: Yankees' focus switches from Rangers to Orioles. C1 Columns: Vecsey on Gretzky C4 Rhoden on Neil O'Donnell C7 Football: Neil O'Donnell is injured as Jets fall to 0-6. C1 Golf: Tiger Woods wins his first pro tournament. C1 Obituaries B13 Editorials/Op-Ed A16-17 Editorials A decorous debate. Some hope on third-world AIDS. Brent Staples: Special education. Letters Anthony Lewis: Pie in the sky. Bob Herbert: Untapped power. William Safire: The Asian connection. William E. Jackson Jr.: The press cops out. Chronicle A15 Bridge C16 Crossword C16
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TV and Radio Abruptly Silenced by a Glitch
Date: 06 October 1996
Technical glitch silences television and radio coverage around nation of debate between Senate candidates Reps Robert G Torricelli and Richard A Zimmer in New Jersey for about 15 minutes (S)ï
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