NBC Evening News for Monday, Jun 15, 1998
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: George Lewis) The spread of private lives going public examined in light of success of the movie "The Truman Show", which is about a man whose entire life is televised; details given of the televising of a planned birth. [Pregnant woman "ELIZABETH" - explains her motivation.] [WOMAN - says America is a nation of voyeurs.] Projects on the computer Internet cited, including Jennifer Ringley's jennicam.org. ["The Truman Show" screenwriter Andrew NICHOL - comments.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Wry comments on television presented.
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