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| Program Number | 007 |
| Title | The Prevailing Bias |
| PBS Number | - |
| Moderator | - |
| Host | Buckley, William F. (William Frank), 1925-2008. |
| Guest(s) | 1) Susskind, David, 1920- - television producer and personality |
| Taped on | May 2, 1966 (New York City, NY) |
| Broadcast Date | - |
| Duration | 50 minutes (or hh:mm:ss) |
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| Summary | The tone is set in the first few minutes, when Mr. Susskind responds to the introduction (in which WFB had said, among other things, "Mr. Susskind is a staunch liberal. If there were a contest for the title Mr. Eleanor Roosevelt, he would unquestionably win it") by saying: "I must say that I regard that introduction as somewhat rude and insulting, Mr. Buckley. I had hoped, on the occasion of your having your own television program, you would abandon your traditional penchant for personal bitchiness and stick to facts and issues; but evidently your rude behavior is congenital and compulsive. And so I forgive you." But among the billingsgate there is serious discussion of the current offerings on the airwaves, the tendency of the Jewish community to resist the anti-Communist movement, and more. |
| Subject Heading(s) | Liberalism -- United States. |
| Related Document(s) | Type(s): Transcript Type(s): Transcript Type(s): Research materials |
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| Transcript | Download transcript (80040_007_trans.pdf) |
