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MSNBC News Coverage

Creator

MSNBC

Identifier

lott_VHS_132

Creation Date

9-12-2000

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Description

MSNBC News programs. Beginning with "Hardball" with Chris Matthews. Topics discussed include: recall of Firestone Tires; Ford recall; and Senate hearings on recalls. Followed by "The Mitchell Report" hosted by Andrea Mitchell. White House Spokeman, Jake Stewart, GOP Media Consultant Alex Castellanos, and Bush Advisor Vin Weber are interviewed. Topics discussed include: Republican National Committee commerical pulled for subliminal messages; Firestone recall; Hillary Clinton's campaign for a Senate seat; the most recent mistakes of the Bush campaign; and how political commericals are made. Followed by "Equal Time" hosted by Paul Begala and Ollie North. Raymond Strother, Alex Castellanos, Communications Director for Clinton campaign Howard Wolfson, and Representative Peter King interviewed. Topics discussed include: Republican National Committee commerical pulled for subliminal messages; Hillary Clinton's campaign for Senate seat; and the treats Senator Joseph Lieberman's mother gave to the press covering her son's campaign. Followed by a MSNBC special town hall meeting at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama entitled "Shades of Progress, Shadows of Hate" hosted by Brian Williams and Hoda Kotb. Lawyer Johnnie Cochran; author of "Losing the Race," John McWalters; Dr. Christopher Cooper; head of Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Hussein Ibish; International Union of Police Associations representative Rich Roberts; Yvette Bradely, plantiff in customs profiling case; Reverend Al Sharpton of the National Action Network; Maria Blanco of the Mexican-American Legal Defense Fund; author of "The TV Arab" Jack Shaheen; editor of Newsweek Mark Whitaker; DME Interactive, INC. Darien Dash; author of "End of Racism" Dinesh D'Souza; Angela Oh of the Presidents Initiative on Rac;, and Niger Innis of the Congress of Racial Equality interviewd. Topics discussed include: race relations; racism; racial profiling; affirmative action policies; and the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church during the civil rights movement.

Subject Headings (Library of Congress)

Safety regulations; Political campaigns; Racism; Race relations;

Relational Format

video recording

Extent

1:34:19

Original Format

videocassettes

Original Collection

Trent Lott Collection (MUM00656). Archives and Special Collections. University of Mississippi Libraries.

Rights

This media file is owned by the copyright holder and may not be reproduced, re-posted, captured or saved. Due to copyright concerns, the recordings in this collection can only be accessed by arrangement with the Department of Archives and Special Collections.

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