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News Anchors' Perspective on Presidential Elections

News anchors talked about news coverage of campaign coverage, presidential politics, and the influence of the media on the political… read more

News anchors talked about news coverage of campaign coverage, presidential politics, and the influence of the media on the political process. Among the topics they addressed were editorial decision making, the expansion of news outlets to cable and the Internet, and media strategies employed by campaigns. Following their remarks they answered questions from the audience. close

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Tom Brokaw Anchor NBC Television->Nightly News
David T. Ellwood Dean Harvard University->Kennedy (J.F.) School of Government

Peter Jennings Anchor ABC Television
Alex S. Jones Director Harvard University->Shorenstein (Joan) Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy
Jim Lehrer Anchor PBS->Newshour with Jim Lehrer
Dan Rather Correspondent CBS->60 Minutes
Walter Shorenstein Philanthropist
Judy Woodruff Anchor CNN->News

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Program ID:: 182864-1
Category:: Public Affairs Event
Format:: Forum
Location:: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
First Aired:: Jul 25, 2004 | 11:29am EDT | C-SPAN 1
Last Aired:: Jul 31, 2004 | 11:02pm EDT | C-SPAN 1

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Jul 25, 2004 | 11:29am EDT | C-SPAN 1
Jul 26, 2004 | 2:05am EDT | C-SPAN 1
Jul 27, 2004 | 8:22am EDT | C-SPAN 2
Jul 31, 2004 | 8:01pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
Jul 31, 2004 | 11:02pm EDT | C-SPAN 1

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