American Media Post Mortem

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On Sunday Morning, the New York Times printed a huge article about the style, glamour and high costs of Formula One on the front page of the Style Section. It included a large color photo of Eddie driving his Jaguar through Times Square. It was an intelligently written article talking about the commercial interests in the sport and describing various celebreties who are interested in the sport. It was a fluff piece, but a fairly clever one. Surprisingly, there was no mention of qualifying within the Sports Section.

This morning, NPR, (National Public Radio), a listener supported Network ran a 5 minute report on the race including interviews with TGF and Jackie Stewart-the thrust of this piece was that this sport which is an enourmous draw around the world will eventually only succede in the States when there is more active American involvement. It was agood general interest report.

I have seen no mention in any of the three major TV networks or the general press.