IRAN-CONTRA HEARINGS

In today's battles for the supremacy of humanity over depravity, television indeed makes an impact. When dramas reinforce lessons of the marketplace - ends justify means, material gains reward immoral behavior, quantity dollars are superior to quality goals - it is later than we think. The televised Iran-Contra hearings, which exposed ethical conflicts among government decision makers, presented real questions to audiences as to the real heroes and the real villains.
MARTHA S. CHERKIS Brooklyn, N.Y.

http://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/27/arts/l-villians-and-heroes-016687.html

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