Description: 1) Interview with John McAward on peace talks in El Salvador civil war. 2) Brief on Dr. Benjamin Spock's arrest for protesting Reagan administration. 3) Hearing on need for elder care services and better wages for case workers. Richard Rowland, elder affairs secretary. 4) Infant mortality rate demands funding for neighborhood health centers. 5) Interview with Alexander Cockburn on media & coverage of politics. Anchors Lydon and Harris.
Description: Bush used popular culture, macho symbolism, pithy soundbites in his campaign, all of which played well on tv. Dukakis, being more cerebral and substantive, did not avail himself of these approaches.
Description: Channel One tv, a newscast aimed at high school students, is tried out in Billerica classroom. Controversy over inclusion of commercials in format.Whittle Communications.Students get off bus.
Description: Examples of what was on television against the first Weld Silber debate: Cosby Show, The Simpsons, Patriots football. Monica Collins comments on what viewers chose.
Description: Newspaper editors gather at Associated Press convention where they express their disdain for television coverage (undue emphasis on soundbites and polls) of presidential campaign.
Description: Cable tv companies protest proposed 5% state tax, which they will pass on to consumers. Samples of programming from Continental Cablevision. MTV logo.
Description: Christian Science Monitor launches cable tv service, The Monitor Channel. Tour of new broadcast facilities. Netty Douglass describes the programming.