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Ten O'Clock News; Dukakis as frontrunner
05/11/1987
Christy George reports that a Los Angeles Times poll shows Michael Dukakis leading the field of candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination. Jesse Jackson is also a strong contender in the wake of candidate Gary Hart's withdrawal from the race. Speaking to the media, Dukakis dismisses the importance of polls. Interview with Bruce Bolling, the co-chair of Jackson's Massachusetts campaign, who says that the Jackson campaign will challenge the notion that a person of color cannot be president. George's report is accompanied by footage of Jackson campaigning, by footage of Dukakis campaigning and by footage of the Dukakis campaign staff at work.
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- Series
- Ten O'Clock News
- Title
Dukakis as frontrunner
- Series Description
NIGHTLY NEWS WITH CHRISTOPHER LYDON AND CARMEN FIELDS Began January 1976. Replaced evening news show EVENING COMPASS. Original host: Steve Nevas. Other anchors, Christopher Lydon (1977-91) and Gail Harris (1983). In 1980 - hour long. Ended in 1991.
(PREDECESSORS: Louis Lyons began news operations at WGBH in 1952. The News at 10 began in 1966. The Reporters premiered in 1970. The Evening Compass started in 1974.) Series release date: 1/1976
- Duration
00:03:57
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Bolling, Bruce C., 1945-2012
- Democratic Party (U.S.)
- Political campaigns
- Dukakis, Michael S. (Michael Stanley), 1933-
- Mass media
- Jackson, Jesse, 1941-
- Primaries
- Hart, Gary, 1936-
- African American politicians
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1988
- Genres
- News Report
- Topics
- News
- Contributors
- Dukakis, Michael S. (Michael Stanley), 1933- (Speaker)
- Bolling, Bruce C., 1945-2012 (Interviewee)
- George, Christy (Reporter)
- Citation
- Chicago: “Ten O'Clock News; Dukakis as frontrunner,” 05/11/1987, GBH Archives, accessed July 27, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_F240229CF45F4B19804ADBF042959E55.
- MLA: “Ten O'Clock News; Dukakis as frontrunner.” 05/11/1987. GBH Archives. Web. July 27, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_F240229CF45F4B19804ADBF042959E55>.
- APA: Ten O'Clock News; Dukakis as frontrunner. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_F240229CF45F4B19804ADBF042959E55