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In the summertime of 1968 tv news changed eternally. Dead last within the ratings, ABC hired two towering public intellectuals to discuss each and every other all through the Democratic and Republican national conventions. William F. Buckley Jr. used to be a leading light of the brand new conservative movement. A Democrat and cousin to Jackie Onassis, Gore Vidal used to be a leftist novelist and polemicist. Armed with deep-seated distrust and enmity, Vidal and Buckley believed each and every other’s political ideologies were dangerous for The usa. Like rounds in a heavyweight battle, they pummeled out policy and personal insult – their explosive exchanges devolving into vitriolic name-calling. Live and unscripted, they kept viewers riveted. Ratings for ABC News skyrocketed, and a new era in public discourse used to be born.
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