Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20190204:05:24:00
>> patty hearst waged a press offensive to change public opinion, to get jimmy carter to commute her sentence. she doled out interviews to sympathetic reporters who didn't know all the facts of the case. >> they focussed on the victim part exclusively. since she's been observed on television and in magazines as a victim and not as an urban guerilla, the narrative is likely altered dramatic lay. so it's not that hard to pull off. when you have a media empire that's backing your play, that's a big deal. >> her family recruits democrats, republicans, ronald reagan also endorses this effort. >> yo...