Tv Coverage Of Convention NPR's Brooke Gladstone reports on how television is covering the made-for-TV Republican Convention in San Diego. The GOP's tight control of its message has virtually eliminated the possibility of news. But different perspectives are getting out anyway via a range of telecasters -- from the broadcast networks to cable's GOP-TV, MTV and the Comedy Channel.

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Tv Coverage Of Convention

August 14, 199612:00 AM ET

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NPR's Brooke Gladstone reports on how television is covering the made-for-TV Republican Convention in San Diego. The GOP's tight control of its message has virtually eliminated the possibility of news. But different perspectives are getting out anyway via a range of telecasters — from the broadcast networks to cable's GOP-TV, MTV and the Comedy Channel.