Media Coverage

KNBC-4 5-6-16

This evening broadcast includes an interview with Loyola Marymount’s beach volleyball team coach John Mayer.

KCRW-FM Radio 5-6-17

This radio report mentions the commencement address at LMU.

KCAL-9 5-7-16

This evening broadcast mentions President Bill Clinton’s address at LMU’s undergraduate commencement ceremony.

KTLA-5 5-7-16

This morning broadcast includes live shots before LMU’s undergraduate commencement ceremony featuring President Bill Clinton as the keynote speaker.

KTLA-5 5-7-16

This evening broadcast mentions LMU’s commencement and includes interviews with students.

KNBC-4 5-7-16

The morning broadcast and evening broadcast mentioned LMU’s undergraduate commencement speaker, President Bill Clinton.

WNEW-FM Radio, Washington, D.C. 5-7-16

This radio broadcast mentions LMU’s commencement.

KNX-AM Radio 5-7-16

This broadcast mentions President Bill Clinton’s address at LMU’s undergraduate commencement ceremony.

Bloomberg Radio 5-7-16

This radio broadcast includes a clip from President Bill Clinton’s commencement speech at LMU.

KABC-7 5-7-16

This morning broadcast includes live shots and interviews with family members of graduates before President Bill Clinton’s commencement address at LMU.

Other ABC affiliates mentioning LMU’s commencement included KTNV-LV, Las Vegas; KRCR-CR, Chico/Redding; WISN-MKE, Milwaukee; KIFI, Idaho Falls; WSIL, Paducah, KY; KTWO, Casper, WY; KMBC, Kansas City, MO; KIVI, Boise, ID; KSAW, Twin Falls, ID; KXXV, Waco, TX; KVEC, Norfolk, VA; KCAU, Sioux City, IA; KATC, Lafayette, LA; WRIC, Richmond; KTXS, Abilene, TX; KTXS, Knoxville, TN; KLTV, Tyler, TX; WCIV-CHS, Charleston, SC; WCJB, Gainesville, FL; WBRZ-BTR, Baton Rouge, LA; WBND, South Bend, IN; WEHT, Evansville, IN;  KAIT, Jonesville, AR; WTVM, Columbus; WKBW, Buffalo, NY; WJCL, Savannah, GA; KMBC, Kansas City, MO; WDMT, WJBF, Salisbury, MD; WCTI, Augusta, GA; WCTI, Greenville, SC; WPBF, West Palm Beach, FL; and WGGB, Springfield, MA.

WTOP2 Radio, Washington, D.C. 5-8-16

This radio broadcast mentions LMU’s commencement.

TLA-5 5-8-16

This morning broadcast mentioned President Bill Clinton’s commencement address at LMU at 7:30 a.m. and 9:15 a.m.

KNBC-5 5-8-16

This morning broadcast offered a recap of President Bill Clinton’s commencement address at LMU.

KESQ-3 (Palm Springs) 5-8-16

This morning broadcast included coverage of President Bill Clinton’s commencement speech at LMU.

WINS-AM Radio 5-8-16

This morning broadcast includes quotes from President Clinton’s LMU commencement speech.

KCAL-9 5-8-16

This morning broadcast mentioned LMU’s commencement speaker, President Bill Clinton.

KXTV-SAC (ABC, Sacramento) 5-8-16

This evening broadcast mentioned President Bill Clinton’s LMU commencement address.

MyNewsLA.com 5-7-16

BILL CLINTON’S LOFTY GRAD MESSAGE MAY HAVE ONE TRUMP ZINGER

Former President Bill Clinton has a message for young adults: “Set the world on fire with your imagination, not with your matches.” But in a possibly veiled reference to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump – Hillary Clinton’s likely opponent in the November general election – Clinton warned against “identity politics” in which “our differences are all that matter.” Clinton was the graduation speaker at Loyola Marymount University Saturday, and he urged his audience to embrace connections to the rest of the world.

Satellite News 5-7-16

BILL CLINTON DELIVERS KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT LMU’S UNDERGRADUATE COMMENCEMENT

Via PR Newswire: Before more than 12,000 people, President Bill Clinton told graduating students at Loyola Marymount University to “set the world on fire” by embracing positive interactions in a society where everyone is dependent upon one another. “What does ‘set the world on fire’ mean, anyway?” he asked. “It means you can set the world on fire by the power of your imagination, by the gift of your passion, by the devotion of your heart and your skills to make your life richer, and to lift others.”

KABC-AM Online 5-7-16

BILL CLINTON SPEAKS AT LMU. NOT SO POLITICAL. PROTESTS?

Former President Bill Clinton today urged graduates of Loyola Marymount University to embrace their connections to the rest of the world as he delivered the commencement address at the school’s graduation ceremony. “You are graduating in the most interdependent age in human history,” Clinton told the class. “…And so whether we like it or not, for the rest of your lives, what happens to you will in some measure be determined by what happens to other people. By how you react to it, how they treat you, how you treat them, and what larger forces are at work in the world.”

Dailynews724 5-7-16

BILL CLINTON DELIVERS SPEECH AT LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY GRADUATION

Via ABC7: Former president Bill Clinton gave a speech at Loyola Marymount University’s graduation ceremony Saturday morning and received an honorary degree. Clinton, whose nephew is a student who graduated from LMU, won over the crowd. He kept his speech brief, but hit home with a message. “Will you define yourselves and your relationship to others in positive or negative terms?” he said.

KNBC-TV Online 5-7-16

FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON DELIVERS COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS AT LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY

Via City News Service: Former President Bill Clinton delivered the commencement address at Loyola Marymount University’s graduation ceremony Saturday. Clinton spoke to graduates exactly one month before the California primary election, in which his wife Hillary will be looking for a boost in her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.

KCBS-TV Online 5-7-16

BILL CLINTON DELIVERS COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS AT LMU

Former President Bill Clinton delivered the commencement address at Loyola Marymount University’s graduation ceremony Saturday.

LAist 5-7-16

100 PERCENT OF THE SENIORS AT A WATTS HIGH SCHOOL WERE ACCEPTED TO COLLEGE by Devron McReynolds

NBC L.A. reports that the seniors announced which colleges they’d be attending in their “Commitment Day Ceremony.” The 56 students submitted more than 800 applications. According to Verbum Dei’s Facebook page, graduates will be studying at UCLA, UC Berkeley, Loyola Marymount, Santa Clara University, Marist College, and Boston College.

MSNBC Online 5-7-16

LIVE: CLINTON DELIVERS COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS

Bill Clinton delivers the commencement speech at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.

Reuters Online 5-7-16

PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON DELIVERS KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT LMU’S UNDERGRADUATE COMMENCEMENT

Via PR Newswire: Before more than 12,000 people, President Bill Clinton told graduating students at Loyola Marymount University to “set the world on fire” by embracing positive interactions in a society where everyone is dependent upon one another.

Los Angeles Times Online 5-7-16

BILL CLINTON DELIVERS COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS AT LOYOLA MARYMOUNT by Times Staff and Wire Reports

Former President Clinton delivered the commencement address Saturday morning at Loyola Marymount University, urging students to “set the world on fire” with their dreams and passions. Clinton spoke at the ceremony attended by hundreds of undergraduates. His nephew Tyler Clinton was among them.

Yahoo News 5-7-16

BILL CLINTON DELIVERS COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS AT LOYOLA MARYMOUNT

Via the LA Times: Former President Clinton delivered the commencement address Saturday morning at Loyola Marymount University , urging students to “set the world on fire” with their dreams and passions. Clinton spoke at the ceremony attended by hundreds of undergraduates. His nephew Tyler Clinton was among them.

Daily Breeze Online 5-7-16

BILL CLINTON TOUTS GLOBAL INTERDEPENDENCE IN LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY GRADUATION SPEECH by Cynthia Washicko

In a speech largely devoid of presidential politics but heavy on themes of global interdependence, former President Bill Clinton told Loyola Marymount University graduates Saturday that their lives will be greatly shaped by “what happens to other people.”

** This article was also published in the Pasadena Star-News,Inland Valley Daily Bulletin,Riverside Press-Enterprise andLos Angeles Daily News. **

Capital Bay 5-8-16

DONALD TRUMP ACCUSES HILLARY CLINTON OF SUPPORTING HUSBAND BILL’S AFFAIRS by Mathias Dillion

The real estate mogul-turned-politician has come under fire numerous times for his comments about women, including his jibes at Fox’s Megyn Kelly and former The View co-host Rosie O’Donnell. On Friday, he desperately tried to defend his record, insisting: ‘Nobody respects women more than me.’ He added: ‘Nobody in this country, and maybe in the history of the country politically, was worse than Bill Clinton with women.’ Hillary and Bill have been a united force throughout the Democrat frontrunner’s campaign, and were pictured smiling together at the Loyola Marymount University commencement ceremony on Saturday.

Patch 5-8-16

‘SET THE WORLD ON FIRE WITH IMAGINATION NOT MATCHES,’ BILL CLINTON URGES LOYOLA GRADS

Former President Bill Clinton today urged graduates of Loyola Marymount University to embrace their connections to the rest of the world as he delivered the commencement address at the school’s graduation ceremony. “You are graduating in the most interdependent age in human history,” Clinton told the class. “...And so whether we like it or not, for the rest of your lives, what happens to you will in some measure be determined by what happens to other people. By how you react to it, how they treat you, how you treat them, and what larger forces are at work in the world.”

Breitbart 5-9-16

BILL AND HILLARY CLINTON COMPLETE CALIFORNIA CAMPAIGN SWING

Meanwhile, Bill Clinton delivered the commencement address at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles on Saturday, where he reportedly avoided discussing the presidential race and focused instead on an inspirational message for graduates. “The last few years have seen an amazing explosion of economic, social and political empowerment,” Clinton said, according to the Daily Breeze. “They have also laid bare the power of persistent inequalities, political and social instability and identity politics based on the simple proposition that our differences are all that matter.”