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eye WEEKLY                                                   July 7 1994
Toronto's arts newspaper                          ...free every Thursday
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MEDIA HIT LIST                                            MEDIA HIT LIST

        TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS -- LIBERATIONS VS. DELIBERATIONS

                                   by
                               GREG BOYD


1/3	O.J. SATURATION

Juice: O.J.'s defence team wows the preliminary hearing by producing 
a "mystery manila envelope," which later proves to contain a "Go 
O.J. Go" T-shirt for the judge. The hearing is adjourned for three 
days, forcing CNN to justify its enormous O.J. technical crew by 
continuing to lead with sidelines such as the new trade in O.J. 
postcards. On the Internet, there are already three competing 
"alt.OJ." news groups.

2/*	STRIP SHOW

Israel: Yasser Arafat hits the Gaza Strip, where he races about 
shaking hands in Hamas territory without getting shot. Back in 
Israel, street gangs led by opposition Likud pols go on a rampage, 
chanting for the death of all Arabs.

3/*	YOUR PAPERS, PLEASE

Borderlines: More tales of criminal immigrants among us, including 
the first inclusion of a white person (a fellow from Germany who 
murdered his wife). The Sun sends a writer to Jamaica, where he 
uncovers the fact that a majority of Jamaicans are not criminals.

4/2	TO SERVE AND DEFLECT

U.N. Inaction: Rwandan rebels take Kigali in the wake of fleeing 
government troops. French Foreign Legionnaires find their 
"humanitarian" mission cast into doubt by the mounting likelihood 
of a confrontation with the insurgents.

5/*	IT'S NO GAME

Sporting lives: American enthusiasm for the World Cup peaks with 
the July 4 game against Brazil. In Colombia, the national team player 
who accidentally deflected a ball into his own goal is gunned down 
in the street, showing ignorant Americans that football is more a 
national crusade than a sport.

6/2	CANADA DAY T-AND-A

Patriots: Canada Day celebrations include the Miss CHIN Bikini 
contest, whose 178-year-old impresario Johnny Lombardi complains 
once more about Metro councillors who object to the contest. Last 
year's winner was on hand to note that the title helped her get into 
the movies, including the film Boulevard, "in which I played a 
hooker."

7/3	NOW THAT'S NEWS

No news: A silly season bonanza weekend, starting with The Star's 
front page story about dogs on Prozac. Associated Press chimes in 
with the tale of a man in Warsaw whose dog somehow pulled the 
trigger on a shotgun, wounding the man slightly. Dog shoots man!

8/4	A SHORT SPELL IN JAIL?

Punishment: Godfather Of Soul James Brown, fresh from two years in 
prison, launches James Brown's Cookeez. With the motto "taking a 
bite out of crime," proceeds from sales of the misspelled treats 
will go to his Anti-Violence and Crime Prevention Campaign.

9/2	BOBBING FOR HAITIANS

Pax Americana: Exodus of Haitian boat people escalates. Thousands a 
day flee the island, to be picked up by U.S. authorities or drown.

10/4	QUEERS AND CRASHES

Civics: Gay Pride Day parade discomfits Yonge Streeters and 
encircles Queen's Park for the cameras. Local newscasts lead with 
the story, though it receives one-tenth of the time devoted to the 
traditional holiday weekend car-crash round-up.


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