“Americans have never quite digested television. The mystique which should fade grows stronger. We make celebrities not only of the men who cause events but of the men who read reports of them aloud.” MenShouldGrowsCausesEventsTelevisionHe ManStrongerReportsFadesNever QuitMystique Book:The Selling of the President 1968 Source: The Selling of the President 1968
“With the coming of television, and the knowledge of how it could be used to seduce voters, the old political values disappeared. Something new, murky, undefined started to rise from the mists.” PoliticalUsedValuesTelevisionSomething NewVotersMistSeducingUndefined Book:The Selling of the President 1968 Source: The Selling of the President 1968