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Introduces `New News,' a hybrid concoction, part Hollywood film and TV movie, part pop music and pop art, mixed with popular culture and celebrity magazines, tabloid telecasts, cable and home video. Media censorship of the Gulf War; Television Networks announcing that there will be no vast encampments on the primary trail during this election; The information contained in movies like `Juice' and `JFK'; Bart Simpson's critique of society; More.

Interview with rock star Prince during his summer European Nude Tour. Prince discusses his new, more upbeat attitude, his music, and his new film `Graffiti Bridge,' which is still in production. Break up of the Revolution, Prince's old band; `Lovesexy' and other albums; The Black Album.

Looks at how the changes in technology and demographics in America may spell the end of network news. What the Persian Gulf war meant to the networks (ABC, NBC, and CBS); Impact of cable television; Impact of Cable News Network (CNN); Decisions already made not to send anchors to the election conventions next summer; Anchors Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings, Dan Rather, and others; Outlook; Details.

Examines the 1992 presidential campaign. Washington's construction of the national myth of the bloody presidential campaign; Bill Clinton's notions of morality and character; Patrick Buchanan, the maverick candidate who is tearing the Republican party apart; Media coverage of the campaign trail by CNN and C-SPAN; Little media coverage on Democrat Jerry Brown, past alias Governor Moonbeam; Probabilities that President George Bush will be re-elected; Details.

Opinion. Examines the Pentagon's control over news coverage of the Persian Gulf War. Says that technology, not content, is lifeblood of television news. Lessons the Pentagon learned from press coverage of the Vietnam War; Journalists' reactions; Impact on the anchor-driven news model; Former military men as network consultants; Cable News Network; Cost of coverage; CBS, NBC, and ABC coverage; Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's manipulation of television.

Discusses Steve Friedman's new notions for the NBC Nightly News, shying away from heavy journalism and highlighting the issues which the American people are more concerned with: Health, crime, social change and celebrity. The profound impact of setting its own editorial agenda; Profiles, lifestyle reports, trends and issues crammed into the show's twenty-two minutes; The idea behind the fromat.

Examines the decline of the once-innovative ABC news show `Nightline' and criticizes anchorman Ted Koppel for limiting his guest roster to white-male-establishment pundits, and focusing on Washington, D.C. oriented policy debate. Questions the concept of Anchor as statesman. Koppel's contract with ABC; Recent discussions on the Persian Gulf crisis.