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Geraldo Has Been In Lebanon. He Has Done Some Excellent Reporting Out Of There, And Of Course, We Now Know By Virtue Of The President's Speech On Tuesday Night That The Terrorist Organizations That Operate In That Area Are Now On The List.

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Television Has Certain Imperatives That Cnn Had The Luxury Of Ignoring For A Long Period Of Time. Cnn Could Take The Position That The News Would Be The Star, Because In Most Of The Programming Day, They Were The Only All-news Operation On The Air.