-Caveat Lector- ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 10:34:26 -0500 (EST) The entire article can be viewed at : http://www.usatoday.com/life/enter/tv/linsidet.htm "**" Dinner for Gore makes observers queasy By Peter Johnson, USA TODAY A dinner party tonight at the Washington, D.C., home of ABC News correspondent John Cochran and his wife, Barbara, has raised some ethics questions at ABC News. The guests of honor are Vice President Gore and wife Tipper. Cochran, who covers the White House, is expected to be ABC's lead reporter on Gore's presidential campaign. Politicians and the reporters who cover them socialize casually all the time in Washington. But there are certain unspoken guidelines. One is to avoid being too close - or giving the appearance of chumminess - with a politician, especially during a race. In campaigns, reporters and candidates "will find themselves together at dinner parties all the time," says Keith Woods of the Poynter Institute, a St. Petersburg, Fla., school for journalists. "What changes in this case is the intimate relationship that is suggested by the fact that the reporter is inviting the candidate to his home. This is unnecessary muddying of the waters." Word around ABC News is that Cochran notified executives of the dinner party after the Gores - who are longtime friends of the Cochrans - had accepted the invitation. At that point, ABC News decided to foot the bill for the dinner. Woods called ABC's sponsorship "just stacking more bodies into the bed." Cochran couldn't be reached. ABC News spokeswoman Eileen Murphy said the "working dinner . . . will not compromise our coverage of the presidential race in any way." Murphy would not discuss how ABC came to sponsor the dinner. No other ABC correspondents have hosted dinners for candidates, she said. Reporters from The Washington Post, The New York Times and CNN will attend tonight. "It's one in a series of conversations we're having with presidential candidates. We intend to have other similar dinners." <snip> "**FOR EDUCATION PURPOSES ONLY" ================================================================= Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *Mike Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ~~~~~~~~ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. ================================================================= DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
