Media holds serve on LU tennis courts

Published 12:52 pm Monday, October 3, 2016

The national and regional media have operations set up all over Longwood University’s campus in preparation for Tuesday night’s U.S. Vice Presidential Debate at Willett Hall.

Occupying the tennis courts beside Willett Hall are a significant number of trailers and shacks affiliated with different outlets, as well as trucks with satellite uplinks.

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C-SPAN had a presence on the courts, along with a variety of other outlets, including CBS

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and more than one Fox affiliate.

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Pictured below is a glimpse inside one of the trailers, revealing a complex array of controls above which is posted a collection of CNN press credentials from past events, such as the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., and the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear held October 2010 in Washington D.C., led by satirists Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.

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Elsewhere on campus, CNN had more trailers, some with labels referring to specific programs.

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