Walton's first job, as a video journalist, was to tear apart the five-part carbon scripts for the anchors, producer and director, then run the teleprompter.

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On Aug. 22, it hosted a meeting with athletic conference representatives, school representatives (including those from Texas), sports networks, media experts and antitrust attorneys, among others, to begin the discussion on a question that is tearing apart the Big 12 Conference, and could well tear apart NCAA members themselves: Do school- or conference-owned networks gain an unfair advantage in showing youth sports on their channels?

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We were only young - 18 or something - and I think our manager told the producer to go in there and tear us apart.

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