European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 22, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 columns the stars and stripes May the now has a Bona fide thinker by Sally Bedell Smith new York the United states government should overthrow the government in Nicaragua and we should try to do it the Reagan administration should Tell All the americans to get out of Libya and then specifically get the american Oil companies the shooting of army Arthur Nicholson by soviet troops in East Germany was murder that should prompt the administration to demand some satisfaction or some such vivid viewpoints Are not what the millions of viewers of evening newscasts have been accustomed to hearing from network but that is the sort of opinion that viewers of abcs world news tonight have been listening to twice a week for the past eight months since the net Gcorge will work appointed the conservative newspaper and Magazine columnist George will As commentator for the wills arrival has been hailed by conservatives As the first Opportunity for a Bona fide thinker from among their ranks to have what William Buckley Calls a presence in the room after years of dominance by what they regard As Liberal but conservative viewpoints have been heard on Abc before Howard for eight years a commentator on that was hawkish on matters of War and peace although Liberal on some social More than the cast of wills it is the pungency of his views that appears to distinguish him from other practitioners of news analysis on the evening news John for three years abcs analyst seen at least twice a and Bill Cess designated but lately infrequent commentator since will appears twice weekly in the Washington Post and 449 other reaching a circulation of 30 Mil his fortnightly column in Newsweek Magazine is read by 20 his weekly appearance As a panellist on abcs sunday morning program this week with David Brinkley reaches million All of this combined with his seen by million viewers make him the most widely read and heard commentator in at the other Chancellor is generally regarded As a centrist and who served As press Secretary to president is viewed As a Moyers objects to that 1 dont consider myself an ideological some of the letters to me say i am too and others say i am too at least one study indicates that network commentary Overall has been More Neutral than Many people Michael director of the Media analysis project at George Washington surveyed net work commentary during the first three months of 1983 before wills arrival and discovered that chancellors commentaries were overwhelmingly evenhanded and tended to be ambiguous politically rather than conservative or Moyers offered Only two commentaries during the one of which was decidedly the other commentaries by David Brinkley on his sunday program were also largely ambiguous rather than conservative or George enrages but 1 will take him Over says Hodding Carter a former state department spokesman and frequent television adversary of i can hear the sound of strongly Felt ideas being ground on my at the network most commentary is Robinson George will is a breakthrough in terms of the coloration he the strength of wills unabashedly conservative Opin ions has prompted some Calls for Abc to provide countervailing with just one commentator its like an oped Page with Only one says Stephen a senior fellow at the Brookings Sam abcs White House lets face it George is becoming known As abcs sole an world news tonight is being known As the one in which the commentator is taking a pro administration Point of will objects to the notion of his being paired with an opposing viewpoint an idea he Points out that was never raised in regard to others have suggested that the networks rotate commentary among several but Abc tried that approach in the 1960s and discontinued it because no one appeared often enough to be his will covers a multitude of sins and mostly serves to explain rather than my views Are More mixed and moderate than people he will has often articulated his political philosophy in both in his columns and in a Book published in 1983 called statecraft As he Calls himself a tory to be distinguished from conservatives who advocate free markets and minimal governmental his primary he is to preserve the values and institutions of our will has been especially forceful on Federal Aid to the a position based in part on his being the father of a mentally retarded 13yearold boy with Downs his views on a number of issues for a Strong against abortion and affirmative action put him squarely in the conservative in will backed the candidacy of Ronald Reagan for he also became an informal adviser to Reagan and ran into charges of conflict of interest As a result after helping Reagan prepare for a televised de Bate with Jimmy will appeared on Abc and praised reagans i am a reformed sin will says at age will makes an estimated a year from his television appearances and educated at Oxford University and Princeton univer where he received a doctorate in political he taught political science at Michigan state University and the University of Toronto before he joined the staff of Gordon in he moved from speech writing to journalism when he began contributing to National review and the Washington in he branched out into television As a panellist on the Public television discussion program Agronsky and and Abc hired him in 1980 to provide commentary during the democratic and re publican after several years on Brinkley will was hired As evening news says Roone president of Abc because i like to watch his mind will prepares his commentaries in a boo klined office in a Corner of his Home in suburban among the Memorabilia on the Walls framed Book childrens drawings Are Pho tos of two of his Winston Churchill and Henry scoop the late senator from while will spends an entire Day writing one of his preparing for the evening news usually takes about an he is told by William executive producer of the which of the Days news topics he should comment and he generally delivers his commentaries in response to a question from Peter the will prefers to speak As close to extemporaneously As he i am a writer who does he if i wrote out a i would do something in tended for the Eye and shove it in the nor does he practice his commentaries aloud before he appears on i say it in my i can hear the he will believes that Sharp opinions have their place on but he the boundaries of the mainstream Are c 1985 new York times news service do we think of pucks today crossword by Eugene Sheffer across 39 Childs 1 rodent 5 Little Devil 8 est Fabula 12 press 13 billiard stick 14 reclined 15 ancient african City 17 War god 18 hit musical 19 sucking fish game 41 Standard 43 shuts 46 kind of Tanker 50 Vintage cars 51 Princess of Monaco 54 English Queen 55 mouse 56 sea Bird 57 Cordage fiber 58 oscillate 21 Stop up 59 zoo 24 old French Coin 25 bows 28 two years before the n 30 total 33 Creek 34 Strong fiber 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