MediaWatch: June 1988
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Revolving Door:Carolyn Gorman
Carolyn Gorman, who ran broadcast and satellite services for the Senate Democratic Policy Committee, is now Chief of the just opened H&C Communications Washington bureau, owner of network TV affiliates in six cities, including Houston, Nashville, Des Moines and Orlando.
The "H" in H&C stands for Democrat Bill Hobby, Lt. Governor of Texas, and co-owner of the stations with Henry Catto Jr., Assistant Secretary of Defense for public affairs from 1981-83 under Caspar Weinberger.
Harrison Rainie, briefly the top aide to Senator Patrick Moynihan, (D-NY) in 1987, promoted from Senior Editor for political news at U.S. News & World Report to Assistant Managing Editor. Now he oversees all national news coverage.
In late May Nicaraguan Interior Minister Tomas Borge charged that a Sandinista "counterintelligence agent," Maria Lourdes Pallais, infiltrated the CIA. From August 1978 to November 1979 Pallais worked for the Associated Press New York bureau and as a Latin American service editor.
Bob Ferrante, Director of Communications for the Democratic National Convention Committee let go "amid complaints from the news media about inadequate preparation for July's convention," the United Press International reported. Before joining the Democratic Party staff in 1986 Ferrante ran the CBS News election unit in 1984.
Leslie Gelb, Deputy Editor of The New York Times editorial page since 1986 takes over responsibility for the Op-Ed page. Between earlier Times jobs, Gelb served the Carter Administration as Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs.
