Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentVariety is celebrating its 115th birthday and, amid all the upheaval of 2020, it’s good to remember that the entertainment industry has survived constant change and adaptation.
That’s reassuring. However, many past articles are upsetting because they’re a reminder that the fight for equality and honesty have also been constant.In 1974, Variety carried a column that could have been written this year.
It began: “TV has survived the most powerful assault ever waged on the medium from men in the highest places in the government.” The reason for this, wrote the columnist, is that “the White House had a twofold aim: Destroy the credibility of the TV news media; and intimidate those in charge so much that they would.
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