
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, March 7, 1994                   TAG: 9403070009
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PEOPLE

Walter Cronkite says that he thinks paying subjects for tabloid-like interviews is a bad idea, but heck, a job is a job. Cronkite told TV Guide that if he were not retired and were asked to interview Tonya Harding, he probably would soften his stand. "I don't think I'd like it, but I'd probably do it. You can stand up so long, and then principle gets in the way of feeding the family."

If he had his druthers, though, "we ought to have an FCC rule that any time anybody's paid for an interview, the price should be superimposed right under their face on the screen. If we were told what people had been paid for these stories, we might be able to better judge their truth or falsity."

Former Vice President Dan Quayle is waiting for the end of his book tour before deciding the next chapter in his political career.

Quayle told a group of Christian farmers Saturday in Westminster, Md., that he was seriously considering another run for office. "After I complete my book tour, I'll make my decision," he said. Quayle's autobiography, "Standing Firm," is due out in May.

Steven Spielberg added the Directors Guild of America Award on Saturday night to the growing array of accolades given to him for his epic motion picture "Schindler's List."

The directors' honor suggests that Spielberg and the movie may take home Oscars when they are awarded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on March 21. The last time there was an exception was 1985 and it involved Spielberg. The guild prize went to him for directing "The Color Purple," but the Oscar went to Sydney Pollack for "Out of Africa."

Sinead O'Connor said she tore up a photo of Pope John Paul II on "Saturday Night Live" 17 months ago because she was having an emotional breakdown that led to the loss of her voice.

She said that subsequent counseling has rid her of much "anger and pain."

"I went back to Ireland for a year after the whole pope escapade because I was very, very hurt and in pain," she says on "Out of Ireland," a show scheduled to air tonight.

O'Connor now lives in London. She went back to Dublin to start her recovery, but, while there, she "remembered why I left." She says Ireland "is a hard place for an artist and a woman. It's a place that's very much in pain. Most [Irish] artists have lived in exile and feel the same way. I feel much more comfortable when I'm out of there."

by CNB