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Date: 30 August 2004
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Television executives face tricky questions of news judgment and politics if Republican organizers use Sept 11 imagery at convention; some say they will refrain from using those images, while others are already broadcasting them in pre-convention coverage (M)
Date: 30 August 2004
By David Carr
David Carr
News media gathering that is part of any political convention gets off to festive start at party at Time Warner Center; news show hosts angle for celebrity bookings, but choices are meager (M)
Date: 30 August 2004
By David Carr
David Carr
Fox News Channel turns down 60-second commercial that Nation magazine sought to run during Fox's coverage of Republican National Convention; ad highlighted what it says was Nation's independence from corporate conglomerates, mentioning by name Rupert Murdoch, whose News Corp owns Fox; photo (M)
Date: 31 August 2004
By Jim Rutenberg
Jim Rutenberg
Plans for Pres Bush's acceptance speech include lowest rostrum in modern presidential convention history, designing it to be as intimate as setting can be, all with eye toward presenting him on equal footing with delegates who will surround him; organizers are aware that they are reaching 20 million people during convention and every image is tailored to best advantage; some networks are trying to select camera angles free of campaign slogans in background; photo (M)
Date: 31 August 2004
By Alessandra Stanley
Alessandra Stanley
Alessandra Stanley assesses television coverage of Republican National Convention; to supplement scanty network coverage of one hour per night, candidates and families are making rounds of talk shows to garner more air time (M)
Date: 31 August 2004
By Harvey Araton
Harvey Araton
Harvey Araton Sports of The Times column contends that US gymnast Paul Hamm, who won all-around gold medal at 2004 Olympics as result of scoring error that gave South Korean Yang Tae Young bronze, is faring well in eyes of media, and has come out of controversy relatively unscathed; photo (M)
Date: 30 August 2004
By Michael Cooper
Michael Cooper
Republican's choice of New York City for convention gives three of state's own would-be 2008 presidential candidates--Sen Hillary Rodham Clinton, Gov George Pataki and Rudolph Giuliani--chance to discuss their own plans on Sunday talk programs; all are cryptic, focusing instead on election at hand (M)
Date: 30 August 2004
By David Carr
David Carr
Lewis Lapham, editor of Harper's Magazine, apologizes for reporting on Republican National Convention as if it had already taken place; photo (M)
Date: 30 August 2004
By David Johnston and Eric Schmitt
David Johnston
Government officials say Lawrence A Franklin, Pentagon official under suspicion of turning over classified information to Israel, began cooperating with federal agents several weeks ago and was preparing to lead authorities to contacts inside Israeli government when CBS News revealed case; say this compromised effort to follow trail back to Israelis; say prior to that disclosure FBI had been conducting covert national security investigation for nearly year; no arrest in case is believed to be imminent, in part because prosecutors have not clearly established whether Franklin broke law; officials say there is evidence that he turned draft presidential policy directive related to Iran over to American Israel Public Affairs Committee, pro-Israel lobbying group whose officials reportedly passed information on to Israel; lobbying group and Israel deny any wrongdoing (M)
Date: 30 August 2004
By Raymond Hernandez
Raymond Hernandez
Former President Bill Clinton offers hard-hitting attack against Republican Party in address at Riverside Church in New York; speech follows back-to-back appearances by Sen Hillary Rodham Clinton on Sunday morning television news shows, in which she accuses Bush campaign of having hand in ads that she contends tried to smear Sen John Kerry; photo (M)