University Daily Kansan / Monday. October 29. 1990
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KU grad works on Fox show
Bv Joe Gose
Special to the Kansan
A new political discussion program on Fox airing in the Washington, D.C., district received acclaim from local and national media.
A KU graduate is part of the team behind the show, called "Off the Record."
Betsy Bergman, a 1988 KU graduate, started as production assistant on the program about four months
"It's very challenging," said Bergman, 25. "I love it. Our show is like a hip *McLaughlin Group* without the focus of being a hip."
The half-hour weekly program features four panelists, two conservative and two liberal, who discuss various issues with a guest from the national political scene, she said. The show also includes a "Back Page" segment that examines news that should have received more attention than it does, "Stars and Goals of the Week," feature. Bergman said.
Russ Hodge, producer of "Off the Record," said Fox approached him with the idea for the program in October 1989 when he was associate producer for the "McLaughlin Group" on PRS.
"We both had the idea, independently at the same time, for a public affairs political program for people under 50," he said. "We're real exciting to be involved in this type of program. We're living in extraordinary times."
Hodge said that he was hired in January and that the first show aired in March. If the program does well, it
He said that Bergman was hired after she had worked
"The program director and I thought she had a lot of skills that could cross over to the show." Hedge said.
in the programming department for two months.
Bergman said her job was to interview political figures and entertainers with strong political views and insert some of the interviews into the lead sequence that introduces the issue being discussed.
Bergman also is on the committee that decides what music to play during the introductions.
Although she primarily interviews Washington political insiders, Bergman said she also interviewed national figures such as Judge Robert Bork and G. Gordon Liddy.
In one introduction, leading into a discussion about the recent superpower summit, the theme from "The Court of Eddie's Father" played behind news clips of President George Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev.
However, the job is not all fun and games.
"It's trial and error." Bergman said. "If I had a video background, it would be helpful, but they just throw you to the wolves. It's hit and miss. Hopefully, you hit more often than miss.
"What you learn in school is nice, but it's nothing like when you get out and do the real job. Political science helped me prepare for the issues — even with living in D.C."
Bergman attended KU from 1983 to 1988 and graduated with a bachelor's degree in political science. She served as student senator, was a representative to the University Committee and ran for student body president in 1986.
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