On
the Front Page: Papers from Friday, August 18
Coverage of Day
Four -- August 17, 2000
DEMOCRACY
IN ACTION looked at the front pages of a nonscientific sample of major
dailies, most of which were available in the media area in Los Angeles.
["B" indicates "below the fold;" "O" indicates "on the fold;""Lead photo"
indicates the photo is the dominant photo at the top of the front page]
Headlines
Washington
Post (Home Edition)
Gore
Debuts as His 'Own Man'
Vice
President Claims Nomination and Draws Distinctions With Bush (Dan Balz)
2.
Analysis: Speech Marks Start of Tough Electoral Quest (David Broder)
B.
Convention Diary: among the Delegates, Cheers for Substance (David Von
Drehle)
New
York Times
Gore,
In Debut As A Presidential Nominee, Says, 'I Stand Here Tonight As My Own
Man'
Rejoinder
to G.O.P. Vows to Enact Tax Cuts -- Seeks to Speak for 'Working
Families' (R.W. Apple Jr)
2.
News Analysis: A Man of Many Tasks (Richard L. Berke)
B.
Gore, Center Stage At Last, Revels in Embrace of Crown (Todd S. Purdum)
USA
Today
Gore:
'Future is at stake'
Issue-laden
speech paves his path: I’m 'my own man' (Lawrence McQuillan)
Los
Angeles Times (L.A. Edition)
'I'll
Stand Up for You,' Gore Pledges
Vice
President Accepts the Nomination as 'My Own Man'
Speech
Focuses on Social Issues as He Works to Assure Party He Is Ready for the
Fight (Mark Z. Barabak and Edwin Chen)
2.
News Analysis: Battle Cry for an Uneasy Alliance (Ronald Brownstein)
3.
Officers Kept Eye on Protests From Within (Beth Shuster)
Boston
Globe
'I
stand here…as my own man'
Gore
vows prosperity and 'fairer' country (Michael Kranish and Susan Milligan)
O.
News Analysis: A clear sense of the challenge A nominee of many phases
lays out his own agenda (David M. Shribman)
Philadelphia
Inquirer
Gore
Lays Out His Agenda
Vows
to fight for average citizens (Mark Bowden and Jodi Enda)
2.
Analysis: Nominee's tall order: Sell self, policies (Dick Polman)
Miami
Herald
Gore
Steps from Shadows
Al
Gore: 'I Stand here tonight as my own man, and I want you to know me for
who I truly am.' Candidate tries to forge an identity in crucial
speech (Mark Bowden and Jodi A. Enda)
B.
New grand jury is set to investigate Clinton
Photos
Washington
Post (Home Edition)
Wide
shot of Tipper and Al Gore and Joseph and Haassah Lieberman
on the stage after Gore's speech. The Gores are waving, some white
balloons are falling, and a bit of the video screen is visible (Susan Biddle)
B1.
Delegates
on the floor, including one holding a hand painted "Viva Gore" sign (Eric
Risberg/Associated Press)
B2.
Medium close up of Al Gore delivering his speech (Rich Lipski)
New
York Times
(Lead
photo) Medium shot, straight on, of Al Gore (entering the convention
hall to delevir speech), both arms outstretched; people's heads in front
and crowd blur behind him (Ozier Muhammad)
USA
Today
Los Angeles Times
(L.A. Edition)
(Lead photo) Medium shot
of Tipper and Al Gore waving, with white balloons falling in the
background (Al Seib)
Boston Globe
(Lead photo) Medium shot,
side view of Al Gore, one arm pushed forward, sharply in focus surrounded
by a blurry background of the crowd, Gore banners, and American flags (Bill
Greene)
Philadelphia Inquirer
(Lead photo) Medium shot
of Tipper and Al Gore waving and Hadassah Lieberman, white
balloons falling [Joseph Lieberman either blocked or not in frame] (Charles
Krupa/Associated Press)
Miami Herald
(Lead photo) Medium shot
of Al Gore during speech, taken from the side, both hands clenched
into fists in front of him; the background is not distinct (Associated
Press)
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