Shepard, an AJR contri- buting writer, has written in recentissues about the dispute between ABC and Philip Morris, religion coverage and The New Republic's Ruth Shalit. Excepted from AJR, June 1995. Full text at Electronic Newsstand . Take the Money and Talk Debate simmers over celebrity journalists' speaking fees. Time recentlybanned staffers from taking them.
Critics assert they hurt credibility.
But some who accept honoraria resent the assault on their free marketrights. She steps up to the podium where she isgushingly introduced and greeted with resounding applause. Framed by palm fronds, Roberts begins her speech to 1,600 South Floridabusinesswomen attending a Junior League-sponsored seminar. Having justflown in from Washington, D.C., Roberts breaks the news of the hours-oldarrest of a suspect in the Oklahoma City bombing. She talks of suffragetteSusan B. Anthony, of how she misses the late House Speaker Tip O'Neill,of the Republican takeover on Capitol Hill.