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View Clip | Program Number | 122 |
| Title | The Influence of TV on American Politics |
| PBS Number | - |
| Moderator | - |
| Host | Buckley, William F. (William Frank), 1925-2008. |
| Guest(s) | 1) Cooke, Alistair, 1908- - the BBC‘s man in America 2) MacNeil, Robert, 1931- - longtime foreign correspondent for NBC, currently with the BBC 3) White, F. Clifton. - Republican political consultant, spearhead of the Draft Goldwater movement and a key campaign operative in 1964 |
| Taped on | Nov 4, 1968 (New York City, NY) |
| Broadcast Date | - |
| Duration | 50 minutes (or hh:mm:ss) |
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| Summary | An entertaining and informative discussion among four old pros, at a time when television as a political medium was comparatively new. A highlight, especially in retrospect, is the discussion of Ronald Reagan. Mr. White had spearheaded the effort to get Governor Reagan the 1968 Republican nomination. Although it failed, it helped make Mr. Reagan a national figure. AC: "I saw that Reagan-Kennedy debate [on the Vietnam War] and changed dramatically my feelings about Mr. Reagan ... First, I think Bobby Kennedy was unprepared, unbriefed, but that's a sort of inside view. I think the average viewer looks at it and says, He's just all over the place, he doesn't know what he's talking about. Reagan is in complete command, and he's a natural man. Now, I think this came from his training as an actor, because you have to learn to be natural [on camera]." |
| Subject Heading(s) | Television in politics -- United States. Reagan, Ronald. |
| Related Document(s) | Type(s): Transcript |
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| Transcript | Download transcript (80040_122_trans.pdf) |
