From: eyc@acpub.duke.edu (EMIL CHUCK)
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Subject: TV COVERAGE IGNORES GOP SCRIPT
Summary: Media analysis from the Washington _Post_
Date: 18 Aug 92 16:07:44 GMT
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Organization: Duke University; Durham, N.C.

I've already typed up the keynote speech by President Reagan. I'm not
going to retype this article, you'll have to buy your own _Post_.

This is -- granted through my bias -- the points made by Howard Kurtz of
the Washington _Post_.

* When President Bush was giving his speech that effectually began the
final thrust of his campaign, "a dramatic appearance carefully timed for
the evening news", the three major news networks did not carry this
action. "As Bush finished his stemwinder, NBC's Tom Brokaw was telling
viewers that Woody Allen had admitted to a love affair with Mia Farrow's
21-year-old adopted daughter.

* Mentions that Reagan's speech wound up getting right out of prime
time due to schedule delays.

* Resurfacing of "sleaze" issue: calls for Bush campaign manager Robert
Mosbacher to resign or be fired because he trumpeted again the
allegations of infidelity against Bill Clinton.
	Bush to Brokaw: "I'm trying to keep this business out of the
sleaze business ... [but] I cannot control what everybody says." Bush
had not seen the comments Mosbacher made, he remarked.
	Brokaw: "Nonetheless, it's still hanging out there."

* Peter Jennings: The Houston RNC is an attempt to "rescue George Bush's
political career." CBS' Joe Klein: Bush turned to Reagan and Pat
Buchanan to help him rally the faithful; the choice of Buchanan was "a
measure of the President's desperation."

* CBS' Dan Rather called the Buchanan speech "raw meat" for the
conservatives.

* Kurtz remarks that in Reagan's speech he did not get around to
mentioning Bush or Quayle until the end of the speech. 

* ABC's Jeff Greenfield: Reagan is no longer as popular as he once was
with many voters, and his speech might remind conservatives that "George
Bush is a guy they have to settle for" rather than their real hero.

* I remember a lot of commentators panning off Buchanan's speech as the
"nasty side of Conservatism." That Buchanan actually "did more harm to
Bush."

* <Me> During a speech by SC Gov. Carroll Campbell, NBC/PBS switched
over to the protests outside held by ACTUP, including the area in which
the protesters were burning the police barricades.

* Best quote by Republican politician that didn't get any air time:
Texas treasurer Bailey Hutchison concerning the Clinton economic plan:
	"You know something? I think he really did inhale."
	Requesting a post of that speech.

!!!!! Be aware that there is an effort to "72" this convention.
Protesters want to demonstrate inside the Astrodome just like the
demonstration by Ron Kovic during the Democratic National Convention
then. The images you will see are going to be less positive than those
seen at the DNC last July. Already the television media have done more
negative coverage in one day than the comparable first day of the
Democratic Convention. In other words, things appear more chaotic and
discouraging than they really are. !!!!!
-- 
Emil Thomas Chuck		DUKE BLUE DEVILS: 1992 ACC CHAMPIONS!
Biomedical Engineer 1993	1992 EAST REGIONAL CHAMPIONS!!
Duke University, Durham, NC	AND 1992 NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!!
August 31, 1992 - May 16, 1993	Duke football? What's that?
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