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Campaign TV and baby kissing viewed as overrated
A UPI analysis notes politicians increasingly favor television over extensive hand shaking. It cites Goldwater buying time on CBS, Kefauver’s fatigue from travel, and Kennedy vs Nixon debates as pivotal in shaping voter impressions. It recalls press and public reaction to televised moments that swayed elections and the Checkers speech as a turning point.
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Barry Goldwater
Gulliver
Columbia Broadcasting System
Nelson Rockefeller
Henry Cabot Lodge
South
Viet Nam
Estes Kefauver
Ubring
Kefauver
Adlai Stevenson
Nixon
Chicago
Theodore H. White
Andy Griffith
Kennedy
White
Checkers