KCET's "Socal Connected" to Feature Pre- and Post-Election Analysis from Nationally-Renowned Political Experts
The Award-Winning Series will Also Delve into
Local Issues Influencing the Election including Economic Disparities and
"Dirty" Campaigns
Los Angeles, CA - November 05, 2012 - SoCal Connected (www.socalconnected.org), continues its compelling coverage of the most important issues
affecting Southern Californian voters with insightful political discussions
both before and after the election hosted by special contributor Madeleine
Brand and anchor Val Zavala, respectively.
Vince Gonzales also reports on an exclusive, hard-hitting SoCal Connected investigation of one of
Huntington Park's officials whose connections and influence are under fire with
the city and its residents.
This week's episode highlights include:
MONDAY, November 5
Correspondent Vince Gonzales offers a tale of how the
stark differences in the economies of two Southern Californian cities may
affect the votes of their residents. In
San Bernardino, bankruptcies and joblessness are on the minds of every early
voter interviewed in this once prosperous suburb, while in Long Beach, some
residents feel the tide is beginning to turn, which reported some of the
highest job growth in the country, according to the October federal jobs report.
Plus, special contributor Madeleine Brand, accompanied by leading
political analyst Dr. Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, and Bob Stern, President of the
Center for Governmental Studies, dissect the local and national candidates and
how this election will affect Americans and Californians alike.
TUESDAY, November 6
Election Day - Pre-empted by BBC
WEDNESDAY, November 7
SoCal Connected correspondent Judy Muller takes
viewers through the "time-honored tradition" of mud-slinging. She offers notable
examples of ugly campaigns dating back to the early1800's and why very little has
changed in "dirty" politics.
And, Patt Morrison of KPCC and the Los Angeles Times, SoCal
Connected contributor, screenwriter
and author John Ridley and Brian Doherty, Senior Editor at Reason magazine, along withSoCal
Connected
anchor Val Zavala, analyze the most pressing and controversial outcomesof the election and what the new measures and incumbents will mean for SoCal
residents.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8
Correspondent Vince Gonzales has an exclusive
investigation into charges of overcharging and conflict of interest by a key
city official in Huntington, Calif., a scrappy city bordering scandal plagued Vernon, Bell and Cudahy.
And Madeleine Brand interviews legendary author, Tom Wolfe
(The Right Stuff and The Bonfire of the Vanities) about his
new novel Back to Blood, a panoramic
story of the new America.
SoCal Connected airs nightly on Oct. 29, at 7
p.m. with an encore episode at 10:30 p.m.
Bret Marcus is executive producer and Rebecca Haggerty is co-executive
producer.
ABOUT SOCAL CONNECTED
SoCal Connected, winner of the Peabody and duPont-Columbia awards, 17 Emmy®
Awards, 19 Golden Mikes, 41 LA Press Club Awards, two Gracie Awards, and three
regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, including Best News Documentary andLos
Angeles
Magazine's "Best New Local TV Program" of 2009, airs nightly at 7p.m. with encores at 10:30 p.m. exclusively on KCET. For more information, to
view episodes online or to leave comments, please visit www.socalconnected.org.
SoCal Connected is made possible
through the generous support of The Ahmanson Foundation serving the Los Angeles
community since 1952; Jim and Anne Rothenberg; the MaddocksBrown Foundation;
The John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation; The California Endowment;
and by UCLA.
ABOUT KCET
On-air, online and in the
community, KCET plays a vital role in the cultural and educational enrichment
of Southern and Central California. KCET offers a wide range of award-winning
local programming as well as the finest public television programs from around
the world. KCET currently produces the Emmy®, duPont-Columbia and Peabody
Award-winning SoCal Connected, a
hard-hitting prime-time nightly television news program that examines the
issues and people of Southern California. Throughout its 48-year history, KCET
has won hundreds of major awards for its local and regional news and public
affairs programming, its national drama and documentary productions, its
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