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jaguar officials have indicated they are close to <unk> up a friendly alliance with gm that would preserve jaguar 's independence but no deal has been announced |
ford on the other hand has said it 's willing to bid for all of jaguar despite the objections of jaguar chairman sir john <unk> |
analysts continued to speculate late last week that ford may try to force the issue by calling for a special shareholder 's meeting and urging that the government and jaguar holders remove the barriers to a full bidding contest before december N |
but a ford spokeswoman in dearborn said friday the company has n't requested such a meeting yet |
individuals close to the situation believe ford officials will seek a meeting this week with sir john to <unk> their proposal for a full bid |
any discussions with ford could postpone the <unk> deal headed for completion within the next two weeks |
the gm agreement is expected to retain jaguar 's independence by involving an eventual N N stake for the u.s. auto giant as well as joint manufacturing and marketing ventures |
jaguar and gm hope to win jaguar shareholders approval for the accord partly by <unk> it in a way that would n't preclude a full ford bid once the golden share expires |
there 's either a minority stake package capable of getting jaguar shareholder approval or there is n't said one knowledgeable individual |
if there is n't the deal wo n't be put forward to shareholders |
union sentiment also could influence shareholder reaction to a <unk> accord |
gm 's u.k. unit holds crucial talks today with union officials about its consideration of an <unk> port site for its first major engine plant in britain |
one <unk> union leader said if they try to build it somewhere else in europe besides the u.k. they are going to be in big trouble with <unk> over any jaguar deal |
these are the last words abbie hoffman ever <unk> more or less before he killed himself |
and you are there sort of |
abbie i 'm ok jack |
i 'm ok |
listening <unk> |
i 'm out of bed |
i got my feet on the floor |
<unk> |
two feet |
i 'll see you wednesday thursday |
he <unk> <unk> |
abbie <unk> i 'll always be with you jack |
do n't worry |
abbie lies back and leaves the frame empty |
of course that was n't the actual conversation the late <unk> activist protest leader and founder of the <unk> ever had with his brother |
it 's a script <unk> together from interviews by cbs news for a <unk> a dramatic <unk> by an actor of mr. hoffman 's ultimately unsuccessful struggle with depression |
the segment is soon to be broadcast on the cbs news series saturday night with <unk> chung thus further <unk> the <unk> between <unk> and reality in tv news |
it is the new journalism come to television |
ms. chung 's program is just one of several network shows and many more in <unk> that rely on the controversial technique of <unk> events using actors who are supposed to resemble real people living and dead |
ms. chung 's however is said to be the only network news program in history to employ casting directors |
abbie hoffman in this case is to be played by hollywood actor paul <unk> who is n't new to the character |
he was mr. hoffman in a N los angeles production of a play called the chicago conspiracy trial |
television news of course has always been part <unk> |
broadcasters have a healthy appreciation of the role entertainment values play in <unk> an audience |
but as cbs broadcast group president howard <unk> puts it the network now needs to broaden the <unk> of <unk> television and that includes some <unk> |
since its premiere sept. N the show on which ms. chung appears has used an actor to <unk> the rev. <unk> johns a <unk> leader and one to play a <unk> drug dealer |
it has <unk> the <unk> of pan am flight N over the scottish town of <unk> |
on oct. N it did a <unk> of the <unk> and <unk> of associated press <unk> terry anderson who was <unk> in march N and is believed to be held in lebanon |
the production had actors playing mr. anderson and former <unk> david <unk> the rev. benjamin <unk> and father lawrence <unk> |
abc news has similarly <unk> out into entertainment <unk> |
prime time live a new show this season featuring sam donaldson and <unk> <unk> has a studio audience that <unk> and that one night to the embarrassment of the network <unk> at the camera like the crowd on let 's make a deal |
abc stops short of using an applause sign and a comic to warm up the audience |
the stars do that themselves |
nbc news has produced three episodes of an <unk> series produced by <unk> <unk> called yesterday today and tomorrow <unk> maria <unk> chuck <unk> and mary alice williams that also gives work to actors |
call it a fad |
or call it the wave of the future |
nbc 's <unk> are produced by <unk> productions which also makes the successful prime-time nbc entertainment series <unk> <unk> |
the marriage of news and theater if not exactly inevitable has been <unk> nonetheless |
news programs particularly if they score well in the ratings appeal to the networks ' <unk> corporate parents because they are so much less expensive to produce than an entertainment show is somewhere between $ N and $ N for a one-hour program |
entertainment shows tend to cost twice that |
<unk> have been used successfully for several seasons on such syndicated tabloid tv shows as a current affair which is produced by the fox broadcasting co. unit of rupert murdoch 's news corp |
that show whose host is ms. chung 's husband <unk> <unk> has a particular <unk> for <unk> <unk> and stories having to do with sex the robert chambers murder case the <unk> lowe tapes what have you |
gerald stone the executive producer of a current affair says we have opened eyes to being a little less conservative and more <unk> in how to present the news |
nowhere have eyes been opened wider than at cbs news |
at N w. <unk> st. in manhattan one floor below the offices of N minutes the most successful prime-time news program ever actors wait in the reception area to <unk> for saturday night with <unk> chung |
cbs news sends scripts to agents who pass them along to clients |
the network deals a lot with <unk> including scott <unk> who portrayed mr. anderson and bill <unk> as father <unk> but the network has some big names to contend with too |
james <unk> jones is cast to play the rev. mr. johns |
<unk> <unk> may <unk> former california gov. pat brown in a <unk> <unk> on <unk> <unk> the last man to be executed in california in N |
saturday night has cast actors to appear in future stories ranging from the abortion rights of <unk> to a nov. N segment on a man named <unk> <unk> who calls himself a monster and is <unk> to be the <unk> prisoner in new york |
cbs news which as recently as two years ago fired hundreds of its employees in budget cutbacks now <unk> featured actors beginning at $ N a week |
that is n't much compared with what bill cosby makes or even <unk> chung for that matter who is paid $ N million a year and who recently did a guest shot of her own on the <unk> murphy brown |
but the money is n't peanuts either particularly for a news program |
cbs news is also <unk> the N three mile island nuclear accident in <unk> pa. with something less than a cast of thousands |
it is <unk> the town of N for about N <unk> |
on oct. N the town 's mayor robert <unk> made an announcement on behalf of cbs during <unk> at the <unk> high school football game asking for <unk> |
there was a roll of <unk> through the stands says joe <unk> the editor of the weekly press and journal in <unk> |
they 're <unk> right now at the bank down the street and they want shots of people getting out of cars and kids on <unk> |
they are approaching everyone on the street and asking if they want to be in a <unk> |
mr. <unk> says he would n't dream of participating himself |
no way |
i think <unk> <unk> |
though a <unk> may have the flavor hollywood on the hudson it is n't |
some producers seem tentative about the technique <unk> even |
so the results while not news are n't exactly theater either at least not good theater |
and some people do think that acting out scripts is n't worthy of cbs news which once lent prestige to the network and set standards for the industry |
in his review of saturday night with <unk> chung tom <unk> the tv critic of the washington post and generally an <unk> of cbs wrote that while the show is impressive one has to wonder if this is the proper direction for a network news division to take |
<unk> events has in general upset news <unk> including former cbs news president richard s. <unk> and former nbc news president <unk> frank former cbs news <unk> walter <unk> and the new dean of the columbia university graduate school of journalism joan <unk> |
says she once you add <unk> it 's no longer news it 's drama and that has no place on a network news broadcast |
they should never be on |
never |
criticism of the abbie hoffman segment is particularly <unk> among people who knew and loved the man |
that includes his companion of N years <unk> <unk> as well as his former wife <unk> |
both women say they also find it <unk> that cbs news is apparently concentrating on mr. hoffman 's problems as a <unk> |
this is dangerous and <unk> abbie 's life says ms. <unk> who has had an advance look at the <unk> script |
it 's a <unk> piece about someone who is not here to defend himself |
mrs. hoffman says that <unk> makes the truth flexible |
it takes one person 's account and gives it <unk> |
cbs news interviewed jack hoffman and his sister <unk> as well as mr. hoffman 's <unk> in <unk> township pa |
also jonathan <unk> who <unk> with mr. hoffman on two books |
mr. <unk> says i wanted to be interviewed to get abbie 's story out and maybe talking about the illness will do some good |
the executive producer of saturday night with <unk> chung andrew lack declines to discuss <unk> as a practice or his show in particular |
i do n't talk about my work he says |
the president of cbs news david w. burke did n't return numerous telephone calls |
one person close to the process says it would not be in the best interest of cbs news to comment on a work in progress such as the hoffman <unk> but says cbs news is aware of the concerns of ms. <unk> and mr. hoffman 's former wife |
neither woman was invited by cbs news to participate in a <unk> discussion about mr. hoffman that is to follow the <unk> |
mr. <unk> the actor who plays mr. hoffman says he was concerned at first that the script would <unk> an <unk> political mind one that i <unk> but that his concerns were <unk> |
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