No single force has changed American politics more than television—especially the television commercial. In this program, Bill Moyers examines the phenomenon of the “30-second president” and the role of advertising in 20th-century American pol...
As this Bill Moyers program makes clear, television became another member of the family in the 1960s, both reflecting and influencing the era. The times were chaotic and TV whirled us into that chaos while also holding up a mirror to it: the assassi...