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Series: The Ten O'Clock News
Date: 1989-04-25
Duration: 00:02:51
People: Atwater, Lee; Duke, David; Horton, William; Vaillancourt, Meg; Wheeler, Herman;
Clip Description
Meg Vaillancourt reports that Lee Atwater (Chairman, Republican National Committee) visited Massachusetts for a Republican Party fundraiser. Vaillancourt reports that Atwater is optimistic about the Massachusetts Republican Party. Vaillancourt notes that Atwater has been making efforts to recruit minorities to the Republican Party. Vaillancourt's report includes footage of students at Howard University protesting Atwater's trusteeship at Howard University. Vaillancourt reports that critics accuse the Republican Party of racist politics. Vaillancourt's report also includes footage of David Duke (former Ku Klux Klan wizard at a press conference. Vaillancourt notes that Atwater denies exploiting racial issues in 1988 presidential campaign advertisements. Vaillancourt's report features footage of Atwater speaking at the fundraiser. Atwater predicts that the next governor of Massachusetts will be a Republican. Atwater defends the Willie Horton campaign advertisements and condemns David Duke. Atwater shakes hands with Herman Wheeler (President, MBTA Police Officers Association), who recently switched his allegiance from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party.
This edition of the Ten O'Clock News also included the following item:
Jesse Jackson addresses students at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government
Jesse Jackson speaks at the Kennedy School of Government
Series Description
A local program aimed at the Boston audience, The Ten O'Clock News debuted on January 15, 1976. Its two immediate predecessors were The Reporters and Evening Compass. A news and public affairs show focusing on neighborhood, local and state issues, The Reporters was produced and broadcast on WGBH from 1970 to 1973. The Reporters was then replaced by Evening Compass, which expanded into a twice-nightly news broadcast during the tense moments of Boston's busing crisis. On the air from 1973 to 1975, Evening Compass found an audience through its in-depth coverage of school desegregation in Boston, which began in 1974. The Ten O'Clock News stood out as an in-depth news program. It strove for a balance between local and national stories, between politics and the Arts. The last The Ten O'Clock News program was broadcast on May 30, 1991.
