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Series: The Ten O'Clock News
Date: 1986-04-01
Duration: 01:08:45
People: Bachrach, George; Johnson, Anne Roosevelt; Kennedy, Joseph; King, Mel; O'Neill, Thomas (Tip); Roosevelt, James; Vaillancourt, Meg;
Clip Description
Meg Vaillancourt reports that Mel King (community activist) and Jim Roosevelt (candidate for US Congress) are among those running to succeed Thomas P. O'Neill (Speaker of the US House of Representatives) in the 8th Congressional District. Vaillancourt compares the upbringing and careers of both King and Roosevelt, noting that they are not at all alike and that neither has anything in common with O'Neill. Vaillancourt talks about King's political experience and Roosevelt's public service experience and notes that the two candidates, along with Joseph P. Kennedy (candidate for US Congress) and George Bachrach (State Senator) are the frontrunners in the race. The report includes footage from interviews with both candidates and with Anne Roosevelt Johnson (sister of Jim Roosevelt). The report also features photographs of the two candidates throughout their careers and footage of both candidates campaigning. This tape includes additional footage of Roosevelt talking about the race.
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.
See also: http://main.wgbh.org/ton/programs/512_02
