Series: The Ten O'Clock News
Date: 1990-09-04
Duration: 00:03:38

Subject: Asia; Persian Gulf War, 1991; Middle East
People: Hilliard, Alicia; Hussein, Saddam; Jackson, Jesse; Jones, Marcus; Rather, Dan;
Geography: Middle East|

Clip Description
Marcus Jones reports that Jesse Jackson (African American political leader) traveled to Iraq and Kuwait last weekend in order to interview Saddam Hussein (Iraqi leader). Jones reports that Jackson traveled to Iraq as a journalist. He notes that Jackson secured the release of US citizens trapped in the US embassy in Kuwait. Jones' report includes footage from Inside Edition of Jackson's meeting with Hussein and his return from Iraq. Jones interviews Alicia Hilliard (producer, Urban Update) about media coverage of the Persian Gulf crisis and the minority perspective on the Persian Gulf crisis.

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/7504_01