same, in our culture or our politics. the old ways will not do. it s old school. tv essentially launches around 1948 and grows and grows and grows throughout the 50s, but the politicians of the 50s are dismissive of television and caters to the print press. it is transformed in the 60s. jfk was very much the first president ready to be on camera. we remember that classic nixon-kennedy debate. one was ready to be on camera, one was not. oh, god, i m on there now. reporter: in december 26th, 1960, it was the first ever televised debate. they were virtually tied in the polls. camera one, please. pressure running high. one wider than that.
first to craft his image. when tv first turned on, the world came crashing into the lives of america. it s the work of science. nothing would ever be the same, in our culture or our politics. the old ways will not do. it s old school. tv essentially launches around 1948 and grows and grows and grows throughout the 50s, but the politicians of the 50s are dismissive of television and sub misive to the print press. it is transformed in the 60s. jfk was very much the first president ready to be on camera. we remember that classic nixon-kennedy debate. one was ready to be on camera, one was not. oh, god, i m on there now.
the deference has more or less evaporated and the press s willingness to be his tool and his platform has diminished and now they re confronting him, being the adversarial press that the founders envisioned. i would say the so-called print press, what used to be the print press is doing a spectacular job reporting on the administration and all of its dimensions, not just the russia probe but the dismantling of the structures of government. he came to drain the swamp and right now it s a pool party at caligula s. the cable news has been kind of typically crappy at it. they re breathless and focused almost entirely on the investigation to the exclusion of the other very real damage that is being done to the democracy.
better in year one of the administration than it was during the campaign? oh, it s by several orders of magnitude better in many respects. the deference has more or less evaporated and the press willingness to be his tool and his platform has diminished and now they re confronting him. their being the adversarial press that the founders envisioned. i would say that the so called print press, what is the print press, is doing a spectacular job of reporting on the administration and all of the dimensions. not just the russia probe but the dismantling of the structures of government. you know, he came to drain the swamp and right now it s a pool party at caligulas. the cable news has been kind of
figure. is the performance better than it was during the campaign? it was in many respects. the deference has more or less evaporated and the press s willingness to be his tool and his platform has diminished and now they re confronting him, being the adversarial press that the founders envisioned. i would say the so-called print press, what used to be the print press is doing a spectacular job reporting on the administration and all of its dimensions, not just the russia probe but the dismantling of the structures of government. he came to drain the swamp and right now it s a pool party at caligula s. the cable news has been kind of