-Caveat Lector-
This can only happen in a society which worships such otherwordly
ethereal concepts as ~~~ invisible hands ~~~, @@@@ free markets,
fractal banking and oooooooooooh whatever the market will bear.
Where growing food is valueless, caring for children is valueless,
teaching young humans to think is almost valueless. Where guys get
50 to 100 million dollars for either knocking, or throwing a ball
in a hole.
Where the society's insane are turned out into the streets to fend
for themselves among the predators and punks.
Wadda country.
Nurev
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Subject:
Barbara 'The Tree' Walters signs new $60M contract
Date:
Thu, 21 Sep 2000 23:25:49 -0500 (CDT)
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Wonderful.
As the libertarians might say, any yenta in America (especially if
their father was a well-connected member of the Manhattan elite) can
grow up to ask celebrities questions such as, "If you were a tree, what
kind of tree would you be?"
Wednesday September 20 11:04 PM ET
Barbara Walters Reups with ABC for $60 Million
By Paula Bernstein
NEW YORK (Variety) - Barbara Walters, who has reportedly been fielding
offers from the competition, has reupped her contract with ABC News for
an estimated $12 million per year -- a record high for a news
personality.
Under the five-year deal she will continue anchoring ``20/20 Friday,''
and produce and appear in two primetime ``Barbara Walters Specials''
each year. One of the specials will focus on the Academy Awards.
In addition, Walters, who will turn 69 next week, has renewed her
commitment to ABC's morning chatfest ``The View'' for five years. She
will continue to appear on ``The View'' three times a week, in addition
to co-exec producing. The show is co-owned by Walters' production
company Barwall Prods. and ABC Daytime.
ABC News declined comment on the price tag, which would make Walters
the highest-paid newsie. ABC News megastars Diane Sawyer and Peter
Jennings reportedly earn about $7 million-$9 million per year, as do
NBC's Katie Couric and Tom Brokaw and CBS' Dan Rather.
But, ABC apparently thinks she's worth every penny.
``Barbara Walters is one of the most accomplished journalists ever to
work in television news,'' said ABC News president David Westin.
``Barbara has made extraordinary contributions to the national
discourse as well as to ABC News and we look forward to this next
chapter in her storied career.''
Walters' interview with Monica Lewinsky in 1999 was the highest-rated
news program ever broadcast by a single network. Her ``20/20 Friday''
interview with John and Patsy Ramsey attracted an audience of nearly 20
million, making it the highest-rated edition of the primetime
newsmagazine in almost three years. ``20/20 Friday'' will have its
season premiere Oct. 6.
Walters, who began her career as a writer and researcher for NBC's
``Today'' show, became the first woman to anchor the nightly news when
she co-anchored ``ABC Evening News'' with Harry Reasoner from 1976-78.
This month marks her 24th anniversary with ABC. <
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