ABC News Town Meeting: A Process Run Amok: Can It Be Fixed? (ABC) from the Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from ABC Evening News for Wednesday, Oct 16, 1991

Title: ABC News Town Meeting: A Process Run Amok: Can It Be Fixed?

Abstract:	A live town meeting format broadcast re: the confirmation process of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas with Ted Koppel (ABC), management consultant Clifford Alexander, Gary Bauer of the Family Research Council, consumer advocate Ralph Nader, Sen. Arlen Specter, syndicated columnist Ben Wattenberg, Sen. Bill Bradley, Sen. Paul Simon, Sen. Alan Simpson, attorney Richard Leon, Professor Susan Dellar Ross, FBI Assistant Director William Baker, Nina Totenberg of National Public Radio, "Newsday" reporter Timothy Phelps, L. Brent Bozell of the Conservative Victory Committee, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Executive Director Ralph Neas, DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, Republican political advisor Ed Rollins, E.J. Dionne of "The Washington Post", commentator Roger Wilkins, Harriet Woods of the National Women's Political Caucus, National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise President Robert Woodson, Rep. Maxine Waters, attorney Bruce Fein, attorney Richard Ben-Veniste, Judge Stanley Sporkin, Clint Bolick of the Institute for Justice, New York City Comptroller Elizabeth Holtzman, attorney Emma Jordan, Democratic National Committee Chairman Ron Brown, David Gergen of "US News and World Report", former Senate Judiciary counsel Mark Gitenstein, and others. Taped segment with Jeff Greenfield (ABC), Sen. Phil Gramm, Sen. Edward Kennedy, Thomas, CIA Director nominee Robert Gates, Anita Hill, CIA analyst Mel Goodman, former CIA analyst Jennifer Glaudemans, Paul Weyrich, Sen. Strom Thurmond, Sen. Joseph Biden, and others.
Begin Time:	11:32:00 pm
End Time:	02:12:00 am
TVN Record Number:	646867
Copyright:	Abstract and Metadata (c) 1991-2009 Vanderbilt University
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