1
 These are the last words 
5001
span

2
Abbie Hoffman ever uttered, more or less, 
1
elaboration-object-attribute-e

3
before he killed himself.
5001
temporal-before

4
 And You Are There, sort of: 
5023
Temporal-Same-Time

5
 ABBIE: 
5011
attribution

6
I'm OK, Jack.
5003
span

7
 I'm OK.
6
restatement

8
 (listening)
5003
circumstance

9
 Yeah.
5005
evidence

10
 I'm out of bed.
5005
span

11
 I got my feet on the floor.
10
restatement

12
 Yeah.
13
evidence

13
 Two feet.
5008
span

14
 I'll see you Wednesday? 
5010
span

15
. . . Thursday. 
14
otherwise

16
 He listens impassively. 
17
circumstance

17
 ABBIE 
5013
span

18
(cont'd.): 
5013
circumstance

19
I'll always be with you, Jack. 
20
reason

20
Don't worry. 
5015
span

21
 Abbie lies back 
22
consequence-n

22
and leaves the frame empty. 
5017
span

23
 Of course that wasn't the actual conversation 
5020
span

24
the late anti-war activist, protest leader and founder of the Yippies ever had with his brother. 
23
elaboration-object-attribute-e

25
It's a script 
5021
span

26
pieced together from interviews by CBS News for a re-enactment, a dramatic rendering by an actor of Mr. Hoffman's ultimately unsuccessful struggle with depression. 
25
elaboration-object-attribute-e

27
 The segment is soon to be broadcast on the CBS News series Saturday Night With Connie Chung, 
28
cause

28
thus further blurring the distinction between fiction and reality in TV news. 
5022
span

29
It is the New Journalism come to television.
5073
span

30
 Ms. Chung's program is just one of several network shows 
5027
span

31
(and many more in syndication)
30
elaboration-additional-e

32
 that rely on the controversial technique of reconstructing events, 
5030
span

33
using actors 
5029
span

34
who are supposed to resemble real people, living and dead.
33
elaboration-object-attribute-e

35
 Ms. Chung's, however, is said to be the only network news program in history 
5031
span

36
to employ casting directors.
35
elaboration-object-attribute-e

37
 Abbie Hoffman in this case is to be played by Hollywood actor Paul Lieber,
5032
span

38
 who isn't new to the character.
37
elaboration-object-attribute-e

39
 He was Mr. Hoffman in a 1979 Los Angeles production of a play 
5033
span

40
called The Chicago Conspiracy Trial. 
39
elaboration-additional-e

41
 Television news, of course, has always been part show-biz. 
5069
span

42
Broadcasters have a healthy appreciation of the role 
5041
span

43
entertainment values play in captivating an audience.
42
elaboration-object-attribute-e

44
 But,
5042
span

45
 as CBS Broadcast Group president Howard Stringer puts it, 
44
attribution-e

46
the network now needs to broaden the horizons of nonfiction television,
5044
span

47
 and that includes some experimentation. 
46
means

48
 Since its premiere Sept. 16, the show 
5045
span

49
on which Ms. Chung appears 
48
elaboration-additional-e

50
has used an actor to portray the Rev. Vernon Johns, a civil-rights leader, and one to play a teenage drug dealer. 
5046
Same-Unit

51
It has depicted the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over the Scottish town of Lockerbie.
5047
List

52
 On Oct. 21, it did a rendition of the kidnapping and imprisonment of Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson,
5048
span

53
 who was abducted in March 1985 
5049
List

54
and is believed to be held in Lebanon.
5049
List

55
 The production had actors 
5050
span

56
playing Mr. Anderson and former hostages David Jacobsen, the Rev. Benjamin Weir and Father Lawrence Jenco.
55
elaboration-object-attribute-e

57
 ABC News has similarly branched out into entertainment gimmickry. 
5067
span

58
Prime Time Live, a new show this season 
5054
span

59
featuring Sam Donaldson and Diane Sawyer, 
58
elaboration-additional-e

60
has a studio audience 
5055
span

61
that applauds 
5058
List

62
and that one night 
5057
Same-Unit

63
(to the embarrassment of the network)
64
consequence-s-e

64
 waved at the camera like the crowd on Let's Make a Deal. 
5056
span

65
(ABC stops short of using an applause sign and a comic 
5060
span

66
to warm up the audience. 
65
purpose-e

67
The stars do that themselves.) 
5061
span

68
NBC News has produced three episodes of an occasional series 
5062
span

69
produced by Sid Feders 
68
elaboration-additional-e

70
called Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, 
5064
span

71
starring Maria Shriver, Chuck Scarborough and Mary Alice Williams, 
70
elaboration-additional-e

72
that also gives work to actors. 
5063
elaboration-additional-e

73
 Call it a fad. 
5109
Disjunction

74
Or call it the wave of the future. 
5109
Disjunction

75
 NBC's re-creations are produced by Cosgrove-Meurer Productions,
5074
span

76
 which also makes the successful prime-time NBC Entertainment series Unsolved Mysteries. 
75
elaboration-additional-e

77
 The marriage of news and theater, if not exactly inevitable, has been consummated nonetheless. 
5090
span

78
News programs, 
5076
Same-Unit

79
particularly if they score well in the ratings,
80
condition-e

80
 appeal to the networks' cost-conscious corporate parents 
5075
span

81
because they are so much less expensive to produce 
5078
span

82
than an entertainment show is 
81
comparison

83
-- somewhere between $400,000 and $500,000 for a one-hour program. 
5078
restatement

84
Entertainment shows tend to cost twice that. 
5079
comparison

85
Re-enactments have been used successfully for several seasons on such syndicated tabloid TV shows as A Current Affair, 
5081
span

86
which is produced by the Fox Broadcasting Co. unit of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. 
85
elaboration-additional-e

87
That show, 
5082
span

88
whose host is Ms. Chung's husband, Maury Povich,
87
elaboration-additional-e

89
 has a particular penchant for grisly murders and stories having to do with sex 
5084
span

90
-- the Robert Chambers murder case, the Rob Lowe tapes, 
5085
span

91
what have you. 
90
elaboration-additional-e

92
 Gerald Stone, the executive producer of A Current Affair, says, 
93
attribution

93
We have opened eyes to being a little less conservative and more imaginative in how to present the news. 
5086
span

94
 Nowhere have eyes been opened wider than at CBS News. 
5140
span

95
At 555 W. 57th St. in Manhattan, one floor below the offices of 60 Minutes, the most successful prime-time news program ever, actors wait in the reception area 
5092
span

96
to audition for Saturday Night With Connie Chung. 
95
purpose

97
 CBS News sends scripts to agents, 
5093
span

98
who pass them along to clients.
97
elaboration-additional-e

99
 The network deals a lot with unknowns, 
5096
span

100
including Scott Wentworth,
5094
span

101
 who portrayed Mr. Anderson,
100
elaboration-object-attribute-e

102
 and Bill Alton as Father Jenco, 
5095
Same-Unit

103
but the network has some big names to contend with, too.
5100
span

104
 James Earl Jones is cast to play the Rev. Mr. Johns. 
5099
List

105
Ned Beatty may portray former California Gov. Pat Brown in a forthcoming epsiode on Caryl Chessman, 
5098
span

106
the last man to be executed in California, in 1960. 
105
elaboration-additional-e

107
 Saturday Night has cast actors to appear in future stories 
5104
span

108
ranging from the abortion rights of teen-agers to a Nov. 4 segment on a man 
5107
span

109
named Willie Bosket,
5106
span

110
 who calls himself a monster 
5105
List

111
and is reputed to be the toughest prisoner in New York. 
5105
List

112
 CBS News, 
5114
span

113
which as recently as two years ago fired hundreds of its employees in budget cutbacks,
112
elaboration-object-attribute-e

114
 now hires featured actors 
5115
span

115
beginning at $2,700 a week. 
114
manner

116
That isn't much 
5120
span

117
compared with what Bill Cosby makes, 
5119
List

118
or even Connie Chung for that matter 
5118
span

119
(who is paid $1.6 million a year 
5117
List

120
and who recently did a guest shot of her own on the sitcom Murphy Brown). 
5117
List

121
But the money isn't peanuts either, particularly for a news program. 
5120
concession

122
 CBS News is also re-enacting the 1979 Three Mile Island nuclear accident in Middletown, Pa., with something less than a cast of thousands. 
5123
Cause-Result

123
It is combing the town of 10,000 for about 200 extras. 
5125
span

124
On Oct. 20, the town's mayor, Robert Reid, made an announcement on behalf of CBS during half-time at the Middletown High School football game 
5124
span

125
asking for volunteers. 
124
purpose

126
 There was a roll of laughter through the stands, 
5126
span

127
says Joe Sukle, the editor of the weekly Press and Journal in Middletown. 
126
attribution

128
They're filming right now at the bank down the street,
5129
reason

129
 and they want shots of people 
5129
span

130
getting out of cars and kids on skateboards. 
129
elaboration-object-attribute-e

131
They are approaching everyone on the street
5138
purpose

132
 and asking 
133
attribution

133
if they want to be in a docudrama. 
5127
span

134
 Mr. Sukle says 
5133
attribution

135
he wouldn't dream of participating himself: 
5132
span

136
No way. 
135
restatement

137
I think 
138
attribution

138
re-enactments stink. 
5131
span

139
 Though a re-enactment may have the flavor, 
140
concession

140
Hollywood on the Hudson it isn't. 
5144
span

141
Some producers seem tentative about the technique, squeamish even. 
142
reason

142
So the results, while not news, aren't exactly theater either, at least not good theater. 
5145
span

143
And some people do think 
5147
attribution

144
that acting out scripts isn't worthy of CBS News,
5147
span

145
 which once lent prestige to the network 
5146
List

146
and set standards for the industry. 
5146
List

147
 In his review of Saturday Night With Connie Chung, Tom Shales, the TV critic of the Washington Post and generally an admirer of CBS, wrote 
5153
attribution

148
that
5153
Same-Unit

149
 while the show is impressive, . . . 
5154
concession

150
one has to wonder 
5152
attribution

151
if this is the proper direction for a network news division 
5152
span

152
to take. 
151
elaboration-object-attribute-e

153
 Re-creating events has, in general, upset news traditionalists,
5158
span

154
 including former CBS News President Richard S. Salant and former NBC News President Reuven Frank, former CBS News anchorman Walter Cronkite and the new dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Joan Konner. 
153
elaboration-set-member-e

155
Says she: 
5160
attribution

156
Once you add dramatizations, 
5159
condition

157
it's no longer news, 
5159
Contrast

158
it's drama,
5162
consequence-n

159
 and that has no place on a network news broadcast. . . . 
5162
List

160
They should never be on. 
5161
span

161
Never. 
160
restatement

162
 Criticism of the Abbie Hoffman segment is particularly scathing among people 
5167
span

163
who knew 
5166
List

164
and loved the man. 
5166
List

165
That includes his companion of 15 years, Johanna Lawrenson, as well as his former wife, Anita. 
5187
span

166
Both women say 
5169
attribution

167
they also find it distasteful 
5169
span

168
that CBS News is apparently concentrating on Mr. Hoffman's problems as a manic-depressive.
167
explanation-argumentative

169
 This is dangerous 
5171
span

170
and misrepresents Abbie's life, 
169
consequence-s

171
says Ms. Lawrenson,
5172
span

172
 who has had an advance look at the 36-page script. 
171
elaboration-additional-e

173
It's a sensational piece about someone 
5175
span

174
who is not here 
5174
span

175
to defend himself.
174
purpose

176
 Mrs. Hoffman says 
177
attribution

177
that dramatization makes the truth flexible. 
5177
span

178
It takes one person's account 
5176
List

179
and gives it authenticity.
5176
List

180
 CBS News interviewed Jack Hoffman and his sister, Phyllis, as well as Mr. Hoffman's landlord in Solebury Township, Pa. 
5186
List

181
Also Jonathan Silvers,
5181
span

182
 who collaborated with Mr. Hoffman on two books. 
181
elaboration-additional-e

183
 Mr. Silvers says,
5183
attribution

184
 I wanted to be interviewed 
5183
span

185
to get Abbie's story out, 
5182
span

186
and maybe talking about the illness will do some good. 
185
consequence-s

187
 The executive producer of Saturday Night With Connie Chung, Andrew Lack, declines to discuss re-creactions as a practice or his show, in particular. 
5195
span

188
I don't talk about my work, 
5189
span

189
he says.
188
attribution

190
 The president of CBS News, David W. Burke, didn't return numerous telephone calls. 
5196
List

191
 One person close to the process says 
192
attribution

192
it would not be in the best interest of CBS News to comment on a work in progress, such as the Hoffman re-creation,
5190
span

193
 but says 
194
attribution

194
CBS News is aware of the concerns of Ms. Lawrenson and Mr. Hoffman's former wife. 
5191
span

195
Neither woman was invited by CBS News to participate in a round-table discussion about Mr. Hoffman 
5193
span

196
that is to follow the re-enactment. 
195
elaboration-additional-e

197
 Mr. Lieber, the actor 
5197
span

198
who plays Mr. Hoffman, 
197
elaboration-additional-e

199
says 
5198
Same-Unit

200
he was concerned at first 
5199
span

201
that the script would misrepresent an astute political mind, one 
5200
span

202
that I admired, 
201
elaboration-object-attribute-e

203
but that his concerns were allayed. 
5199
concession

204
The producers,
5203
span

205
 he says,
204
attribution-e

206
 did a good job 
5206
span

207
of depicting someone 
5205
span

208
who had done so much,
5204
List

209
 but who was also a manic-depressive. 
5204
List

5001
span
5002
span

5002
span
5023
Temporal-Same-Time

5003
span
5004
span

5004
span
5011
List

5005
span
5006
span

5006
span
5011
List

5007
span



5008
span
5010
question-answer-s

5009
span
5011
List

5010
span
5009
span

5011
multinuc
5012
span

5012
span
5019
Sequence

5013
span
5014
span

5014
span
5015
attribution

5015
span
5016
span

5016
span
5019
Sequence

5017
span
5019
Sequence

5018
span



5019
multinuc
5024
span

5020
span
5021
comparison

5021
span
5025
span

5022
span
5035
span

5023
multinuc
5019
circumstance

5024
span
5035
example

5025
span
5022
background

5026
span



5027
span
5028
span

5028
span
5071
span

5029
span
32
means-e

5030
span
5027
elaboration-object-attribute-e

5031
span
5038
span

5032
span
5034
span

5033
span
5032
elaboration-additional

5034
span
5031
evidence

5035
span
5036
span

5036
span
29
evidence

5037
span



5038
span
5070
span

5039
span



5040
span



5041
span
41
cause

5042
span
5043
Same-Unit

5043
multinuc
5053
Contrast

5044
span
5043
Same-Unit

5045
span
5046
Same-Unit

5046
multinuc
5047
List

5047
multinuc
5068
span

5048
span
5051
span

5049
multinuc
52
elaboration-additional-e

5050
span
5048
elaboration-additional

5051
span
5047
List

5052
span



5053
multinuc
5047
background

5054
span
5059
Same-Unit

5055
span
5059
Same-Unit

5056
span
5057
Same-Unit

5057
multinuc
5058
List

5058
multinuc
60
elaboration-additional-e

5059
multinuc
5066
span

5060
span
67
cause

5061
span
5059
elaboration-additional

5062
span
5063
span

5063
span
5065
span

5064
span
5062
elaboration-additional-e

5065
span
5072
List

5066
span
57
example

5067
span
5072
List

5068
span
5038
evidence

5069
span
5053
Contrast

5070
span
5028
comparison

5071
span
5072
List

5072
multinuc
5073
example

5073
span
5108
span

5074
span
5090
background

5075
span
5076
Same-Unit

5076
multinuc
5077
span

5077
span
5089
span

5078
span
5079
span

5079
span
5080
span

5080
span
5076
cause

5081
span
5087
span

5082
span
5083
Same-Unit

5083
multinuc
5081
elaboration-additional

5084
span
5083
Same-Unit

5085
span
89
example

5086
span
5141
span

5087
span
5088
span

5088
span
5077
example

5089
span
77
evidence

5090
span
5091
span

5091
span
5109
concession

5092
span
5102
span

5093
span
5112
span

5094
span
5095
Same-Unit

5095
multinuc
99
elaboration-set-member-e

5096
span
5097
Contrast

5097
multinuc
5093
elaboration-general-specific

5098
span
5099
List

5099
multinuc
103
example

5100
span
5097
Contrast

5101
span



5102
span
94
evidence

5103
span



5104
span
5112
example

5105
multinuc
109
elaboration-additional-e

5106
span
108
elaboration-object-attribute-e

5107
span
107
elaboration-additional-e

5108
span
5110
span

5109
multinuc
5143
span

5110
span
5213
span

5111
span



5112
span
5113
span

5113
span
5092
temporal-before

5114
span
5116
Same-Unit

5115
span
5116
Same-Unit

5116
multinuc
5122
span

5117
multinuc
118
elaboration-additional-e

5118
span
5119
List

5119
multinuc
116
comparison

5120
span
5121
span

5121
span
5116
concession

5122
span
5139
span

5123
multinuc
5122
example

5124
span
5135
span

5125
span
5123
Cause-Result

5126
span
5124
cause

5127
span
5138
span

5128
span
5130
means

5129
span
5130
span

5130
span
5136
span

5131
span
5133
span

5132
span
5131
reason

5133
span
5134
span

5134
span
5127
question-answer-n

5135
span
5137
span

5136
span
5135
purpose

5137
span
123
means

5138
span
5128
span

5139
span
5140
elaboration-additional

5140
span
5142
span

5141
span
5087
consequence-s

5142
span
5086
example

5143
span
5108
interpretation-s

5144
span
5157
span

5145
span
5149
List

5146
multinuc
144
elaboration-additional-e

5147
span
5148
span

5148
span
5156
span

5149
multinuc
5144
explanation-argumentative

5150
span
5153
Same-Unit

5151
span



5152
span
5154
span

5153
multinuc
5155
span

5154
span
5150
span

5155
span
5148
example

5156
span
5149
List

5157
span
5211
span

5158
span
5165
span

5159
multinuc
5160
span

5160
span
5164
span

5161
span
5162
List

5162
multinuc
5163
span

5163
span
5159
Contrast

5164
span
5158
example

5165
span
5157
elaboration-additional

5166
multinuc
5188
span

5167
span
5210
Contrast

5168
span



5169
span
5170
span

5170
span
5180
span

5171
span
5173
span

5172
span
5171
attribution

5173
span
5179
List

5174
span
173
elaboration-object-attribute-e

5175
span
5179
List

5176
multinuc
5177
explanation-argumentative

5177
span
5178
span

5178
span
5179
List

5179
multinuc
5170
evidence

5180
span
165
elaboration-additional

5181
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5185
span

5182
span
184
purpose

5183
span
5184
span

5184
span
5181
elaboration-additional

5185
span
5186
List

5186
multinuc
5166
elaboration-set-member

5187
span
5186
List

5188
span
162
elaboration-object-attribute-e

5189
span
187
reason

5190
span
5191
concession

5191
span
5192
span

5192
span
5194
span

5193
span
5192
consequence-s

5194
span
5196
List

5195
span
5196
List

5196
multinuc
5210
Contrast

5197
span
5198
Same-Unit

5198
multinuc
5201
attribution

5199
span
5201
span

5200
span
200
explanation-argumentative

5201
span
5202
span

5202
span
5208
span

5203
span
5207
Same-Unit

5204
multinuc
207
elaboration-object-attribute-e

5205
span
206
elaboration-object-attribute-e

5206
span
5207
Same-Unit

5207
multinuc
5202
reason

5208
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5196
List

5209
span



5210
multinuc
5211
example

5211
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5212
span

5212
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5110
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5213
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