Political talk show discussing Dick Lugar's controversial campaign adds in Iowa and New Hampshire, talking about nuclear terrorism, and other topics.
Producer: Jim Shella;
Director: Dave Stoelk;
Line Producer: Melissa Lingwall Swartz;
Audio/Video: Erik A.D. Sears & Rodney Myers;
Production Assistants: Bob Gill, Frank Konermann, John O'Connor, Melissa Nash & Alan Carmack;
Director of Engineering: Steve Jensen;
Director of Production: David Demunbrun;
Executive Producer: Michael Atwood
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Indiana Week in Review
Video (28:29)
(Notes by Katy Simpson, J470 Broadcast Media Analysis, Spring 2022 )
Jim Shella hosts Indiana Weekend in Review panel with four guests. They discuss various topics, including Dick Lugar’s controversial campaign ads, tax givebacks, stricter drunk driving laws, a recent Indiana snow storm, and issues in the Indy 500 racing world.
0:21: video starts, has music, shows five individuals sitting around a table, zooms into man identified as Jim Shella who begins talking about Dick Lugar’s controversial campaign ads in Iowa and New Hampshire
0:32: footage of Lugar’s campaign ad shown, narrator describes the first ad as showing Lugar portraying a nuclear terrorist, footage second ad is shown, narrator describes how the ad plays on viewer’s emotions
01:00: footage from an interview? with Lugar’s campaign manager Mark Lubbers, he talks about the goal of the ad
01:10: footage of third ad is shown, narrator describes how it plays up the role of the president in a crisis
01:19: narrator compares third ad with one of LBJ’s ads from 1964, shows footage of LBJ “Daisy” ad which refers to threat of nuclear war
01:44: footage of Lubbers continues, states that threat of nuclear bomb is greater now than it was in Cold War
01:49: narrator introduces Lugar’s concluding ad, which is shown on screen, ad shows Lugar alone on camera, Lugar says how important it is to elect a president you trust with your life
02:05: video cuts back to Shella, zooms out to show the 4 other individuals sitting around Shella on set, they are identified as the Indiana Week in Review Panel
02:11: camera zooms into each individual as Shella identifies them, democrat Ann DeLaney, republican Mike McDaniel, city editor for the Indianapolis Star John Schwantes, state house reporter for the South Bend Tribune Susan Dillman
02:25: Shella begins to ask panel members questions, asks DeLaney if Lugar’s ad is fear-mongering, she says it is not, states that he is trying to show strength and play upon his foreign policy experience
03:20: Shella asks McDaniel how to defend the ads, McDaniel says ad does not need to be defended, states that Lugar is trying to bring attention to topic he cares a lot about, says the ads will bring Lugar lots of attention
04:17: Schwantes states the ad is necessary but uncharacteristic of Lugar, panel members begin to debate whether it is uncharacteristic of Lugar or not, discuss how it is different from other ads
06:07: McDaniel says ad is necessary to bring Lugar attention, Shella agrees because Lugar’s poll numbers are in single digits, Schwantes agrees and talks about Lugar’s low poll numbers
06:56: Shella asks Dillman if she thinks these ads will work to bring Lugar attention, Dillman says she won’t predict, says he needs to be noticed by national media, panel discusses how national media has noticed him but he needs to be noticed more
08:17: Shella discusses large amount of money Lugar spent on the ads,
08:51: DeLaney says he needs the attention or his campaign will die, Dillman says its better to be talked about than not, even criticism is good for attention
09:37: McDaniel says the ads will definitely bring Lugar more exposure
09:55: Shella on camera, says they will move on, states that guidelines were set for Tax giveback debate that will take place in general assembly, shows footage inside statehouse as Shella discusses growing state surplus
10:12: image on screen compares Indiana Budget Surplus in 1995 and predictions for surplus in 1996 and 1997, continues to grow, Shella narrates
10:23: cuts to footage of Senator Morris Mills speaking to camera, discussing large amounts of revenue that need to come from somebody
*10:43: cuts back to Shella, begins discussing tax givebacks with panel members, McDaniel says republicans won’t oppose tax givebacks but predicts there will be a combination of things, discuss how much money will go back to teacher retirement fund, *
10:43: Incue: “Mike McDaniel, will republicans”
12:25: Outcute: “Perhaps with some of that money”
Discuss how democrats and republicans are working together in the legislature
*12:25: discuss how there is bipartisan cooperation between republicans and democrats in legislature, some members of panel are optimistic and others are not
12:25: Incue : “You mentioned bipartisan cooperation”
13:58: Outcue: “And that’s all part of this process”
Length: 1:33
discuss how a deal may be worked out between governor and legislative leaders, very different from what’s going on in congress
14:01: McDaniel discusses Evan Bayh, gives credit to the republicans in legislature for Bayh putting Indiana in good financial situation, says that democrats want to overspend, DeLaney and Schwantes disagree
15:48: Shella steers conversation back to current issue of tax givebacks, discuss necessity of bipartisan cooperation
17:28: Shella introduces topic of governor wanting stricter drunk driving laws, shows footage of Butch Sutton who’s wife died due to a drunk driver
17:54: footage of interview with Sutton, shows images of his deceased wife Marlene
18:05: footage of Evan Bayh at the same press conference, discusses tougher laws
18:14: cuts back to panel, discuss whether or not the drunk driving laws will work; questions of whether lowering threshold for drunk driving to 0.08, ignition interlock breathalyser, increasing penalty for drunk driving will work, many think it would be hard to do this session
21:42: Shella introduces topic of recent snow storm in Indiana, footage of snowy roads and people stranded plays, Shella narrates and discusses impact of the storm
22:12: footage of interview with Indianapolis mayor Steve Goldsmith plays, reassures citizens that city workers are doing everything they can to help with storm
22:26: cuts back to panel, discussion of how snowstorm was a political test for Goldsmith and if he passed the test, discuss how snow removal is done
26:14: Shella switches topic to “civil war” in Indy car racing, Tony George’s plans to create a new league expected to be bigger than Indy 500, footage of George and cars racing plays
26:43: interview with racing car owner Dick Simon plays, says that the Indy 500 is what made the racing teams what they are
26:54: cuts back to panel, discusses if the Indy 500 as it is known gone, McDaniel expresses annoyance that the fans are being left behind
27:50: Shella closes the show, identifies panel members again, music plays, credits roll
28:24: screen goes black
28:26: Indiana Public Broadcasting Stations logo appears
28:29: screen goes black and program ends