| Capitol Journal - The Press | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 10182 |
| Catalog #: | 467479 | |
| Clip Number: | 467479-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 31-2781 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | N/A | |
| Year Shot: | 1985 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | JOURNALISM: Television | |
| Description: | (01:00:00) WETA logo, PBS funding credits (01:00:13) Opens to quick clips of tv news correspondents reporting on Capital Hill from outside the Capital Building - NBC, CBS and one unidentified, Capital Journal host HODDING CARTER from a press room on Capital Hill introduces the show, media person comments on problems of delivering news story in seconds that took days to develop, shot of a row of large satellite dishes, shot of the inside of a tv studio where a media person looks on at a wall of tvs, an unidentified Congressmen talks about the satellite connection to his district (01:01:01) Capital Journal title screen and animation (01:01:08) Carter back in press room segues to report on the press covering the Congress (01:01:22) Outside the Capital Building a pack of media members with cameras and microphones wait for the Speaker of the House TIP O'NEILL, they catch him and he gives a curt answer to their questions about the Gramm Rudman Hollings balanced budget bill and walks away, Congressional correspondent ROBERT KUR of NBC News in interview with Carter comments on talking with congressmen from a press room, various shots of media people working the Capital building and press conferences (01:03:00) Old footage of then NBC correspondent PAUL DUKE reporting for NBC News from a tv studio on the President Johnson era Congress (01:03:15) Shot of Robert Kur interviewing an unidentified congressman, further comments of Robert Kur on covering congress, more shots of a congressional press conference - this one featuring Senator TED KENNEDY, CBS Congressional correspondent PHIL JONES in interview with Carter comments on how congressional tv coverage has changed (01:04:46) Excerpt from a NBC News report done by Robert Kur - it contains shots of unidentified congressmen getting tours through various factories, they walk through aisles of heavy machinery - shots of a female and male worker participating in the construction of leather shoes (01:05:13) Further comments of Robert Kur on congressional coverage, shots of media people sitting in on and taking notes at a Congressional Committee meeting, shot of line of reporters typing on typewriters, shots of the Capital Hill press room in action, Robert Kur explains how he plans to report on the Gramm Rudman Hollings balanced budget bill (01:07:05) Brief excerpt from Robert Kur's NBC News report on Gramm Rudman bill, shot of Phil Jones at work in the press room (01:07:32) Representative DAVID OBEY in interview with Carter criticizes the media's coverage of Congress, shot of Robert Kur typing on typewriter (01:08:15) Carter interviews reporter STEVE ROBERTS of the New York Times outside and in the halls of the Capital Building, Roberts interviews an unidentified congressman in a Capital Building hall, footage of Steve Roberts at Senate press conference in the press gallery of the Capital, further comments of Representative Obey, Roberts addresses Obey's criticism of the media (01:10:18) Carter back in the Capital Building press room segues to a report on congressional coverage aimed at local markets (01:10:43) A senate photographer takes a picture of a Iowa high school class standing on the steps of the Capital Building with their Senator CHARLES GRASSLEY, in his office Grassley talks with Carter about maintaining his Iowa roots (01:11:40) Quick shot of a Senate press conference, various shots of the facilities in use in the Capital Building press gallery - shots of lines of typewriters, telephones, a printing machine printing text off the "wire", various shots of freelance Washington reporter BOB PETRICH using the Capital Building press gallery, Bob Petrich explains how he plays local angles to a congressional story, KEN SULLIVAN of the Cedar Rapids Gazette talks about his concern with local issues in congressional coverage, shots of Senator Grassley's press office - shot of Grassley's press secretary - BEVERLY HUBBLE - working the phones and her comments on the job she is doing (01:14:02) Various shots of Senator Grassley visiting one of his Iowa districts to celebrate the opening of a shopping mall, Carter interviews Grassley at the mall opening about his utilization of local media, various shots of Grassley and the media at a farm bankruptcy hearing, Carter interviews MARC TONEY (?) of KGAN-TV - Cedar Rapids - Iowa - Toney criticizes congressional footage produced by Senators involved for free news broadcast, Ken Sullivan comments on his publication's use of such free material (01:16:51) Various quick shots of media covering Capital Building events, footage of Senator Grassley and Press Secretary Hubble sitting down at the set of the Senate Recording studio to do a radio interview, Hubble comments on adding spin to an unfavorable issue facing Senator Grassley, further comments of Marc Toney on his station's coverage of congress, behind the scenes footage of the workings of the Cedar Rapids tv station's 6 O'Clock news and their use of a live satellite interview with Senator Grassley from Washington (01: 19:24) In a Capital Building room Carter introduces the show's dicussion panel - Dr. MICHAEL ROBINSON of George Washington University, Representative David Obey, GEORGE WATSON of ABC News - they discuss the tv and newspaper coverage of congress and how its changed in the last ten years (01:26:58) Carter thanks guests and closes out show, credits roll over photo shoot of Iowa high school class with Senator Grassley on the steps of the Capital Building (01:27:29) PBS funding credits | |
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