Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from PBS Evening News for Sunday, Jan 19, 1986


Title: Campaign on Cue: the Presidential Election of 1984

Abstract:

  • PBS special on media coverage of the 1984 presidential campaign. Addresses questions over how well television campaign coverage served the population and if the candidates used the media to their advantage through a conference at the University of Chicago.
  • Participants include Lee Atwater, Edward Murnane, George Watson, Brit Hume, Timothy Russert, Maxine Isaacs, Hal Bruno, Michael Robinson, Karl Barry, Geoffrey Stone, Ken Bode, Roy Wetzel, Martin Plissner and Bob Faw

  • Begin Time:04:00:00 pm
    End Time:04:57:50 pm
    TVN Record Number:901306
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1986-2009 Vanderbilt University
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