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CmCAGO - Leaders of
Oper tion PUSH say Jesse
J ac on's presidential chances
are being hurt by negative
media coverage.
At a press conference held
at PU H headquarter a­
tional E ecutive Director Rev.
illie Taplin Barrow, flanked
by J c on supporter, aid
th t study conducted by Prin­
c ton Professor C. Anthony
Broh demonstrates what she
h been saying all long --­
whi e media create a negative
image of J ac on, as "Black"
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The study, � Horse of A
Different Color: Television's
Treatment of Jesse Jackson's
1984 Presidential Campaign"
rele sed by the Joint
Center for Political tudies in
W hington, D.C.
Broh analyzed 2, 89 nation­
al television network ne
bro dcasts and compared the
coverage received by J ac on
and the other four leading
Democratic contenders.
John Leonard, a member
of the Jackson Exploratory
Committee, aid that the study
indicated that television net-
orks essed Jackson's chan-
Jackson's chances, te evision
news simply never described
his chances at all. Therefore
his potential was disregarded,
excluded by the media.
Leonard said the media
continues to portray Jackson
in the same manner today. He
said that the media is not
reporting on Jackson's issues.
They are reporting on his race.
All polls indicate that Rev.
Jackson is the front-runner,
not the Black front-runner,
Leonard said at the news con­
ference.
He continued, be media
does not protray Cuomo as
th Italian Governor, or
Reagan the Irish Pre ident
Dukakis is not portrayed as
the Greek contender, nor
Gephardt with any ethnicity.
But when it comes to Rev.
Jackson, the front-runner, the
media uses race as the only
issue, and this is consistent of
how the media portrays all
Black people. The facts are
that Rev. Jackson is the lead­
ing contender."
We have been saying all
along that there has not been
fairness," Rev. Barrow said.
Barrow said that the media
image has hurt fundraising ef-
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ces of winnning far less fre­
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ces of the other four white can­
didates.
He quoted the Broh study,
saying, "television news was
not unfair in describing Rev.
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11:51 a.m.
On Friday evening Paul
Wreford, Chairman of the
Jackson Human Relations
Commission and Robert Lud­
wig, Editor of the Jackson
Citizen Patriot, will be
eynote speakers in an after­
dinner mass meeting at 7:45.
Other speakers during the
three-day convention wilf in­
clude John Roy Castillo,
Director of Michigan Depart­
ment of Civil Rights, who wiJJ
address a breakfast meeting
on Saturday, Sept. 12; and C.
Delores Tucker, ational Vice
Chairperson of AACP Spe­
cial Contributions Fund Board
of Trustees and former
ecretary of the Common­
ealth of Pennsylvania, who
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The Jackson Branch
AACP will host the 51st An­
nual Convention of the
Michigan State Conferences
of NAACP Branches, Septem­
ber 11-13, 1987 at the Inn on
J ackson Square.
Under the theme· "The
Struggle Yesterday . . . Today
. . . and Straight Ahead! the
three-day AACP State Con­
vention will include workshop
and seminars with instructor
panelists and speakers from
areas of government, industry
and civil rights.
The convention will gin
with the registration of
delegates t 10 a.m. on Friday,
September 11, nd ichi 's
Lieutenant Go rn r, arth
Griffiths will the er t
a luncheon ch dul d for
"The system of government
we have now produces the
kinds of illegal activities that
result in repeated crises in
each administration: declared
Conyers.
"The Iran scandal and the
continued CIA involvement in
policy making shows that
there is a connection."
Countered Conyers, "If we
aren't going to elect people
fairly, then we can't complain
about the people who act un­
fairly when they get in office.
If the process is unfair, it only
follows that the results are
sure to be as unfair.
The Fair Elections Bill
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Atlanta, Ga. - Congressm n
John Conyers (D-MI), who
recently re-introduced the
Fair Elections Bill (HR 1582)
into Congress, was the fea­
tured speaker at a pre-conven­
tion public forum, "We, the
People, Demand Fair Elec­
tions in 1988," August 21, in
Atlanta.
Dr. Lenora Fulani, a nation­
al spo esperson for the New
Alliance Party, who recently
announced her independent
run for President of the
U nited States, and Dr. Fred
ewman, ational Executive
Board member of the ew Al­
liance Party, joined Conyers in
ddressing the forum.