BORNSTEIN'S REMARKS ON MURDOCH DRAW RESPONSE FROM FOX

          Criticism of News Corp. Chair Rupert Murdoch by ABC
     Sports/ESPN President Steve Bornstein on ABC's "Nightline"
     last Thursday night "was unexpected," according to Richard
     Sandomir of the N.Y. TIMES.  In the telecast, Bornstein
     "questioned Fox's sports TV strategy" (see THE DAILY, 6/13). 
     Bornstein, when asked about the comments by the TIMES'
     Sandomir: "All I said was the truth.  I was commenting on
     the industry, in which I have a unique insight."  He also
     said he "never thought" there was anything wrong with an ABC
     Sports head commenting on a rival on an ABC News program. 
     Sandomir writes that "Nightline" would have "benefited by
     also enlisting someone more independent to comment, as
     opposed to a direct competitor."  Fox Sports co-Exec
     Producer Ed Goren, on Bornstein's remarks: "Maybe Steve had
     some bad information.  Maybe he's feeling the effects of
     competition [from Fox Sports properties] ... 'Nightline' may
     have won a lot of awards for journalism, but that show was
     self-serving and distorted" (N.Y. TIMES, 6/17).