[WILL-AM] All Things Considered {June 9)
Denise Perry
FR: NPR News / All Things Considered / Cater
DT: Friday, June 9, 2000
RE: 20000609.ATC First Rundown, ATC Friday, 6/9/2000
Hosts: Linda Wertheimer and Robert Siegel
Newscasters: Anne Boozell, Craig Windham and Corey Flintoff
[WILL-AM/580 airs the second hour of this program at 4PM (CDT);
followed by the first and second hours from 5-7PM (CDT)]
HOUR ONE
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1. ESTATE TAX -- NPR's Brian Naylor reports on the House's
overwhelming passage today of a repeal of the estate tax, an
action taken despite a veto threat from President Clinton.
Republicans, effectively calling it a "death tax," argued that
the tax is unfair, especially on owners of small businesses and
farms, and said there is enough money in the projected budget
surplus to afford the cut. Democrats dismissed the bill as a
sop to the rich. But sixty-five Democrats voted with the GOP to
repeal the tax -- giving Republicans enough to override a
presidential veto. (4:00)
2. POLITICAL ADS -- Republican leaders in the House today agreed
to hold a vote on disclosing the sources of money behind certain
kinds of political advertising. The House will vote later this
month on so-called "issue ads" paid for by interest groups that
use a loophole in the law to keep their donor lists secret. The
ads are often hard to tell apart from regular campaign ads paid
for by a candidate or a political party. One day earlier, the
Senate had voted to require disclosure of the funding for such
ads. NPR's Peter Overby reports. (4:00)
3. SURVIVOR -- Robert talks to Time Magazine television critic
James Poniewozik (PAHN-oh-WAH-zihk) about the ratings success of
the CBS television program, "Survivor." The program tracks
sixteen competitors on the island of Borneo. Each week, one is
eliminated. The final "survivor" wins a million dollars.
Poniewozik says the ratings success translates into hundreds of
millions of dollars for the network. Last week, the show beat
out ABC's ratings leading "Who Wants to be a Millionaire," in
all age groups. (4:00)
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4. MP3.COM SETTLEMENT -- The on-line music provider, MP3.com,
has settled a copyright infringement lawsuit with two of the
five major record labels that brought the suit. MP3.com settled
with Warner Music Group (Atlantic, Elektra) and BMG
Entertainment (Arista, RCA). The suit was filed over a service
MP3.com offers that stores music subscribers have purchased and
allows them to access it anytime, anyplace. NPR's Rick Karr
reports. (2:00)
5. CHINA WRITERS -- NPR's Rob Gifford reports from Shanghai that
a new trend in Chinese fiction has outraged Communist
authorities. A group of young, attractive women known as the
"beautiful writers" is churning out novels that graphically
describe the hedonism of modern urban China. The most
controversial among them is a 27-year-old named Wei Hui (Way
Hway), who lives in Shanghai. Authorities considered her first
novel, titled "Shanghai baby," so objectionable that it's been
banned, but that hardly stops people from reading it. (6:00)
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6. COMPUTER ATTACK -- A denial of service attack was
surreptitiously mounted this week. Some two thousand personal
computers were invaded and loaded with a bug that was designed
to send out tsunamis of e-mails and overwhelm web sites. NPR's
David Kestenbaum reports on how the attack was detected before
it could be launched. (4:00)
7. AMEX - PORN -- NPR's Larry Abramson reports that operators of
adult web sites are protesting American Express's decision not
to accept charges for those sites. American Express says too
many porn customers dispute the charges when they appear on the
monthly bill. The adult web site merchants say credit card
companies have a responsibility to deal with them just as they
do other businesses, and to make adjustments to their procedures
to eliminate fraud. (4:00)
8. CENSUS SAMPLING -- NPR's Pam Fessler reports that the Census
Bureau has counted 97 percent of American households, and census
takers are still working on the rest. But officials are also
starting a new survey to try to estimate how many people the
official census missed. The major political parties are divided
as to whether the census numbers should be used on their own or
with adjustments based on the survey. (4:30)
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9. LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST -- Critic Bob Mondello reviews the
latest Shakespeare comedy to hit the Silver Screen with the aid
of screenwriter/producer/director/actor Kenneth Branagh. This
version of "Love's Labour's Lost" is re-set in 1939 Europe, and
also stars Matthew Lillard, Alicia Silverstone and Nathan Lane.
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10. DANCING HORSES - Linda talks with Kate Van Orden, a
musicologist at the University of California at Berkeley, about
the re-enactment of a 17th-century equestrian ballet. "Le Ballet
a Cheval" has not been performed since 1612, when it was
commissioned for the engagement of King Louis the 13th to Anne
of Austria, Princess of Spain. It's being performed this weekend
as part of the biennial Berkeley Festival and Exhibition. (4:00)
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HOUR TWO
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11. CHEATING -- In light of national news about the regularity
of cheating among students, and the help some students have
received from educators, we hear the thoughts of some California
first-graders about cheating. (2:15)
12. CHEATING SCANDAL -- NPR's Kathleen Schalch reports the
principal of an elementary school in an affluent suburb of
Washington, DC has resigned and a teacher has been suspended in
the wake of allegations that they coached children on a
statewide school assessment test. The cheating scandal is one
of several that have arisen around the country in recent years,
as more and more states have begun using standardized tests to
measure the quality of public schools. (4:00)
13. CHEATING REAX -- National Education Association President
Bob Chase talks to Robert about the recent news of grade-school
students cheating with the help of school officials. Chase calls
the cheating "unacceptable." He says it's due to an overemphasis
on assessment tests. Educators' jobs and salaries can be tied to
student test results. (3:45)
14. CHEATING IS GOOD -- Commentator Tahira Simon, a 19-year-old
sophomore at the City College of San Francisco, makes an
argument from a student's point of view, in favor of cheating.
Her comments come to us by way of Youth Radio. (2:30)
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15. DOMESTIC PARTNERS -- NPR's Don Gonyea reports the tight
labor market is pushing some of the nation's largest employers
into approving employee benefits they've never offered before.
Yesterday, GM, Ford and Daimler Chrysler approved domestic
partner benefits for their gay and lesbian employees. Analysts
say the move is significant because the auto companies
frequently play the role of trendsetters. (3:30)
16. ALASKA AIR -- NPR's Mary Ann Akers reports that today,
Alaska Airlines -- under orders from the Federal Aviation
Administration -- is filing a plan to improve its maintenance
practices. The FAA also is shaking up the management of its
Seattle office to address the agency's own mistakes in
overseeing Alaska Airlines. The airline has suffered a series of
problems this year, including the crash of one of its jets into
the Pacific Ocean in January. (3:30)
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17. UN WOMEN -- NPR's Mike Shuster reports from UN that women
from around the world have gathered to assess the progress of
women's rights in the 21st century. The conference, titled
Women 2000, is seeking to follow up on the landmark conference
held in Beijing five years ago to promote women's sexual, human,
political and economic rights. (4:00)
18. KOREA FAMILIES -- NPR's Eric Weiner (WY-ner) reports from
Seoul that when South and North Korean leaders meet next week
for the first time in more than half a century, no one will be
watching the results with more interest than the millions of
Korean families that have remained divided since the Korean War.
(4:30)
19. JACOB LAWRENCE OBIT -- Artist Jacob Lawrence has died at the
age of 82. Robert talks about Lawrence with Elizabeth Hutton
Turner, Senior Curator for the Phillips Collection in
Washington. Turner curated a show on Lawrence's "Migration
Series." She's working on a show called "Over the Line: The Art
and Life of Jacob Lawrence," which opens next May, and she has
contributed to an upcoming book documenting Lawrence's work.
(4:00) STATIONS NOTE BOOK INFO: "Raisonne" is due for
publication this November.
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20. RAY LEWIS -- NPR's Tom Goldman reports that NFL star Ray
Lewis expressed anger at prosecutors today for charging him with
murder following a post-Super Bowl melee that left two people
dead outside an Atlanta nightclub. In a deal with prosecutors
this week, Lewis pleaded guilty to misdemeanor obstruction
of justice and testified against his two former co-defendants,
who are still facing murder charges. He's expected to return to
the gridiron next week. (3:00)
21. BASKETBALL -- Game two of the National Basketball
Association finals is taking place tonight between the Los
Angeles Lakers and the Indiana Pacers. Linda talks to
sportswriter Stefan Fatsis about the NBA's season, which he says
has not been spectacular. The league has taken a hit this year
in terms of its popularity. They also note the WNBA has just
begun its fourth season, and Stefan offers his picks for the
likely finals competitors. (4:15)
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