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<text id=91TT2420>
<title>
Oct. 28, 1991: Thomas Hearings Scorecard
</title>
<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
Oct. 28, 1991 Ollie North:"Reagan Knew Everything"
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
GRAPEVINE, Page 23
Thomas Hearings Scorecard
</hdr><body>
<p>By Janice Castro/Reported by Daniel S. Levy
</p>
<p> WINNERS
</p>
<p> PHONE COMPANIES
</p>
<p> Friends debating long distance, citizens swamping the
lines to Capitol Hill, and lobbyists sending everything by fax
meant big profits for the Bell clan.
</p>
<p> C-SPAN
</p>
<p> The best indictment of those skimpy network sound bites.
Don't you wish you could get to know presidential candidates as
well as you were able to size up the Judiciary Committee?
</p>
<p> TERM LIMITATIONS
</p>
<p> A lot more voters will probably embrace the idea now, if
only because some of those senior Senators seemed so out of
touch with reality.
</p>
<p> BLACK PROFESSIONALS
</p>
<p> The Senate turned to impressive black lawyers and public
officials on both sides for guidance.
</p>
<p> LOSERS
</p>
<p> BASEBALL
</p>
<p> The playoffs were a well-kept secret, and host network CBS
took a bath.
</p>
<p> WHISTLE-BLOWERS
</p>
<p> The lesson of the hearings seemed to be: Better keep your
trap shut.
</p>
<p> THE FBI
</p>
<p> Senators revealed information the FBI had promised to keep
secret. Others said agency reports were worthless anyway.
</p>
<p> SENATE STAFFERS
</p>
<p> Who are those faceless aides accused of coaching the
witnesses, leaking secrets and poisoning the atmosphere?
</p>
<p> OTHER TOPICS
</p>
<p> Tough luck for anyone who was hoping to talk about
something else.
</p>
</body></article>
</text>