Print triumphs in adversity
At the moment they walked into Moscone Center last week and surveyed their back-seat accommodations, print reporters at the Democratic Convention realized that they were, more than ever, mere onlookers at a network TV spectacular. From the layout of the hall to the schedule of proceedings, everything was designed to assist or beguile ABC, NBC, CBS and a new but virtually coequal presence, Cable News Network. The long, low, wire-laden convention hall looked like, and became, an enormous TV studio. The delegates, the nominal center of activity, served mainly as...
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