Susanna Says

Hi, everybody:

Eastern TV's are still talk- ing about Virginia's televised interview on the Al Burke show. It was a most refreshing breeze aimed at the hot and sticky weather of public opinion. Even those TV's who are usually quick to disagree with Virginia could not find much to complain about. She did not make a fool of her-

self...she looked and behaved "real" under the piti- less glare of the Television cameras...and above all she stole the show from Burke who has the reputation of being one of the toughest, most merciless hosts on the television screen...Virginia had all the answers ...she parried...counter-attacked...and kept the dia- logue on her grounds all the way. If one did not agree with everything that Virginia said it would be pretty difficult to suggest a better presentation of "our" subject to an audience which can be conserva- tively estimated in many, many thousands. As Dr. Benjamin remarked "it was a very nice public rela- tions job". The TV image emerged in a most pala- table guise totally devoid of all the usual "sick" connotations.

The lesson I would like to draw from Virginia's top-notch presentation (as far as the rest of us goes) is the imperative need to learn to talk. There are many TV's who are so incoherent about putting forth a good argument that they couldn't talk a cat into catching a mouse. I've said this before, but it needs to be repeated: TV's should learn to be

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