TELEVISION - April 1, 1996

‘ET’ Cares About Jackson: The new video for Michael Jackson’s song “They Don’t Care About Us,” which was shot amid controversy in Brazil, will be featured this week on “Entertainment Tonight.” Tonight, the show will air behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the video in a Brazilian prison. On Tuesday, “ET” will offer a behind-the-scenes look at the making of another version of the video (there are two) which was shot in the streets of Brazil. On Wednesday, the show will premiere the version shot in the prison; the version shot in the streets will premiere Thursday.

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On Campaign Coverage: A Roper survey of 2,007 registered voters rates CNN as “most fair” among media outlets in its coverage of the 1996 presidential campaign. CNN was thought to be fair by 76% of those polled, followed by C-SPAN at 74% and PBS’ “NewsHour With Jim Lehrer” at 71%. The poll, commissioned by the Freedom Forum Media Studies Center, found that 83% believe that campaign coverage leads candidates to perform for cameras and journalists rather than focus on issues; 77% said that the media have too much control in defining campaign issues.