TV's rise reshapes politics through image and ads
The piece traces television’s impact on political socialization from Roosevelt to the 1960s, detailing how TV and radio ads changed candidate selection, campaign strategy, and public perception with figures like Kennedy, Eury, and Guggenheim shaping modern advertising, finances, and staging.
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Clifford G. Christian
Franklin Roosevelt
John Kennedy
United Nations urged to halt Lebanon fighting and halt broader war
An editorial argues the United Nations must act to stop the bitter Lebanon conflict and avert a wider Middle East war. It calls for a UN peace force, Syrian troop withdrawal, and exclusion of external Arab troops, warning of Lebanon becoming a regional flashpoint.
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United Nations
Lebanon
Syria
Israel
Middle East
Iraq
Palestinian Liberation Organization
PLA
United States
Soviet Union
U.N
Northern Ireland
Ancient Syria dig opens doors to biblical past
An Italian led team at Mardikh in northern Syria uncovers tablets with names such as Saul David Abraham Michael and Israel. The find suggests a civilization 20 centuries before Christ with stories of creation and the flood paralleling Bible tales. The project is likened to Troy’s rediscovery and the Rosetta Stone in impact.
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Middle East
Syria
Saul
David
Abraham
Michael
Israel
Eber
Mardikh
Troy
Heinrich Schliemann
Egypt
Brokaw Wins Point Won't Be Hocking Ads On Today Show
NBC News correspondent Tom Brokaw refused to insert sponsor pitches as Today Show host replacing Jim Hartz. The move shifts the program to NBC News division, amid slipping ratings and Barbara Walters exit. Brokaw now earns 400000 a year and starts at an early morning helm.
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Tom Brokaw
Mr. Brokaw
Frank McGee
White House
Jim Hartz
ABC
CBS Morning News
Hughes Rudd
Barbara Walters
Today
NBC
Brokaw
I See Not New in U.S. Politics
William Safire catalogs political clichés and interview quotes about campaign strategy. The piece surveys terms like magic number momentum and I See constructions while noting echoes from Nixon and Roosevelt and tracing the lineage of the I See device through historians and speechwriters.
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William Safire
N.Y
Ford
Clarence Darrow
White House
Humphrey-Hawkins
Jimmy Carter
Patrick Anderson
TV Spots Emphasize Emotion Over Substance in Campaigns
Clifford G. Christian argues paid political ads favor heart over mind, shaping viewers with beauty footage and mood. He warns reforms misspent on finances while urging voluntary ad ethics and stricter scrutiny of deceptive campaigns.
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Robert Goodman
Spiro Agnew
Nixon
California
Muskie
New Hampshire
Ralph Smith
Dlinois
Adlai Stevenson
John Wayne
Buckley
Clifford G. Christian
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