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Tipper Gore Widens War on Rock [1]

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Date: 1988-01-04

Two years after beginning a campaign against sexually explicit and violent lyrics on record albums, Tipper Gore has moderated her tone but expanded her scope to include music videos, television programming and video cassettes.

She and her husband, Senator Albert Gore Jr., Democrat of Tennessee, met with members of the recording industry in Los Angeles in late October to discuss her record-labeling campaign. Few of the meeting's participants expected to find common ground.

While Mrs. Gore said the meeting was ''a chance to clear the air,'' she said she was under no illusion that it would change the opinion of industry officials, some of whom have said her campaign is tantamount to censorship. A New Platform for Views

Some entertainment officials said the Los Angeles meeting was an attempt by Senator Gore to make peace as he campaigns for the Democratic Presidential nomination. In fact, Senator Gore's campaign has given his wife a new platform for her views. ''It's a marvelous opportunity to make the statement I want to make,'' Mrs. Gore said recently in a telephone interview from her home in Washington.

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[1] Url: https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/04/arts/tipper-gore-widens-war-on-rock.html

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