Tag Archives: NBC News

NBC News: Election Night 1978, November 7th, 1978

Posted on September 14, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  Some local New York State elections courtesy of WNBC-TV in New York City, which is naturally the NYC NBC affiliate there. Followed by NBC News coverage of some governors races and one Senate race in Mississippi. A … Continue reading →

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Old TV History: President Dwight Eisenhower WRC-TV (1958) Oldest Known Color TV Broadcast

Posted on September 7, 2014 by kireschneider

Source:The New Democrat  There were already color movies in the 1950s and very good color movies. Like North by Northwest to use as an example, but color TV really didn’t have much of an impact at all until the late … Continue reading →

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William Shanley: The Made-For-TV Election Starring Martin Sheen (1980)

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Erik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  Comparing the presidential election of 1980 to the presidential election of 2012 is like comparing today’s culture and lifestyles of that of the 1950s. Or NFL football from the 1970s to the NFL of today, two completely … Continue reading →

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David Von Pein: Video: NBC’s Meet The Press: U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon, October, 1960

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Rik Schneider

This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger Vice President Richard Nixon trying to make the point that America was still stronger than Communist Russia at this point across the board. This was one of the biggest … Continue reading →

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David Von Pein: Meet The Press: Senator John F. Kennedy (October, 1960)

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Erik Schneider

  Source:The New Democrat  The early 1960s was one of the hottest periods of the Cold War (no pun intended) and spending the first ten minutes of Meet The Press talking about China and other communist activities in Asia should … Continue reading →

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NBC News: Democratic Response to President Ronald Reagan’s 1985 State of the Union

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Erik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  This is where we start to see the Democratic Leadership Council the New Democrats in the Democratic Party starting to take over the Democratic Party after the Democrats had just lost 4-5 presidential elections starting in 1968. … Continue reading →

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The Today Show: George Wallace on the Eve of the 1972 Florida Primary

Posted on August 20, 2014 by kireschneider

Source:The New Democrat  If George Wallace couldn’t win in Florida in 1972, he wasn’t going to win anywhere outside of Alabama. Because Florida looked like Alabama, Mississippi and South Carolina culturally and politically in 1972. Not to pick on those … Continue reading →

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Daniel JB Mitchell: Video: National Health Insurance Debate Under Nixon

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Rik Schneider

This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger President Richard Nixon’s health care reform plan that he proposed in 1974, just another example of how President Nixon was ahead of his time and his plan looks very … Continue reading →

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Flanagan: Network (1976)

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  Anyone who’s interested in modern network news should watch the movie Network from 1976.  It’s almost forty years old now and except for the modern technology, the new players and the new stories they’d be hard pressed … Continue reading →

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The Atlantic: James Parker: Madder Than Hell: How Network Anticipated Contemporary Media

Posted on February 23, 2014 by Ederik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  This is an interesting topic for a blog that I got from James Parker over at The Atlantic. The 1976 movie Network, which is not only a great movie but one of my all-time favorites, predicted and … Continue reading →

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