James Baker as Marlboro Man Washington Post Sunday Magazine January 29, 1989 Double Standard Headlines after five Central Ameri- can nations signed agreement in Feb- ruary: “A Latin Peace Plan Not So Broad: Ball in Nicaragua’s Court” New York Times, February 16, 1989 “Central American peace plan puts ball back in US court” London Financial Times, same day Porn is Freedom At a time when the wallpaper jour- nalism of the West was mounting a fairly hysterical hate campaign to claw down Pinochet, Santiago was thinly and extremely politely policed by the carabineros, though I suspect they don’t take kindly to having Molotov cocktails chucked at them. As for free- dom of the press, I can only say that Hustler was on sale in my hotel. “Letter From Chile” by Geoffrey Wagner, July 1988 issue of Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture, reprinted in Harper’s , January 1989 No Politics Here When the government of President Carlos Andr6s P6rez announced a steep hike in the price of gasoline, and hence in bus fares, [the people’s an- ger] turned into rage. So began last week’s deadly rioting in Caracas and other major cities…. Suddenly Vene- zuelans found themselves getting poorer. … Interviews suggest that the violence had no political motivation. New York Times March 6, 1989 The Top Four #1 Ranking of appearance of top four guests on ABC’s Nightline, hosted by Ted Koppel (over a forty month pe- riod from 1985-88): Henry Kissinger: 14 Alexander Haig: 14 Elliott Abrams: 12 Jerry Falwell: 12 Extra! Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting January/February 1989 Koppel’s Job Description “Part of the job is to sell American foreign policy, not only to Congress but to the American public. I know I could do that.” Ted Koppel, on whether or not he’d like to be secretary of state, a job he was once offered by Henry Kissinger. Life October 1988 (cited in same issue of Extra!) The Top Four #2 Percentage of all disappeared per- sons (worldwide) by country in 1988: Peru: 42% Colombia: 17% Guatemala: 13% El Salvador: 10% United Nations Human Rights Commission, Working Group on the Disappeared Quayle Intellect “I used to, I’ve read, I read Na- tional Review-some. I used to read Human Events. Don’t read it as much as I used to. The American Spectator-it’s hard to get through The American Spectator. And The New Re- public [his voice brightening]. I enjoy reading New Republic articles. And then I glance at lesser-try to get through Time and Newsweek and U.S. News, try to, but it’s much more of a jumpy-type thing.” Vice President Dan Quayle Wall Street Journal March 31, 1989
