Media Meltdown

NPR

Published February 5, 1997 at 12:00 AM EST

Commentator Max Robbins says last night's coverage of the State of the Union and the O.J. Simpson verdict was a television cosmic convergence... on one screen the President and J.C. Watts with their pleas to end the nation's racial divide, on the other side, a jury ruling against O.J. Simpson in a trial that has embodied the racial divide of the nation. Netowrks had to decide how to allocate their screen time and most, he says, did a good job, allowing viewers to compare what was said in Washington and the verdict in Santa Monica.

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