Kennedy did not have to run the risk of having his ideas and his words shortened and adulterated by a correspondent. This was the television era, not only in campaigning, but in holding the presidency.

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The legions of reporters who cover politics don't want to quit the clash and thunder...

The legions of reporters who cover politics don't want to quit the clash and thunder...

A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on...

A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on...

The problems seem so easy out there on the stump. Deficits shrink with a rhetorical...

The problems seem so easy out there on the stump. Deficits shrink with a rhetorical...

When people travel here from across the country, they shed jealousies and politics and prejudices.....

When people travel here from across the country, they shed jealousies and politics and prejudices.....

He is television's sultan of splutter.

He is television's sultan of splutter.

When people travel here from across the country, they shed jealousies and politics and prejudices.....

When people travel here from across the country, they shed jealousies and politics and prejudices.....

The legions of reporters who cover politics don't want to quit the clash and thunder...

The legions of reporters who cover politics don't want to quit the clash and thunder...

They can see the brave silhouette from almost anywhere in the District of Columbia and...

They can see the brave silhouette from almost anywhere in the District of Columbia and...

The prime minister found something hopeful in the man's eyes and manner. The 30 or...

The prime minister found something hopeful in the man's eyes and manner. The 30 or...

A White House dinner is the American family assembled, from labor leaders to billionaires, actors,...

A White House dinner is the American family assembled, from labor leaders to billionaires, actors,...

A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on...

A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on...

[Kennedy] did not have to run the risk of having his ideas and his words...

[Kennedy] did not have to run the risk of having his ideas and his words...

I won't eat anything that has intelligent life, but I'd gladly eat a network executive...

I won't eat anything that has intelligent life, but I'd gladly eat a network executive...

Television was supposed to be a national park. Instead it has become a money machine....

Television was supposed to be a national park. Instead it has become a money machine....

The television industry doesn't like to see the compexity of the world. It prefers simple...

The television industry doesn't like to see the compexity of the world. It prefers simple...

I've been singing since I was 5 years old. Not in-the-church-thing kind of way. I...

I've been singing since I was 5 years old. Not in-the-church-thing kind of way. I...

The facts of life are that a child who has seen war cannot be compared...

The facts of life are that a child who has seen war cannot be compared...

On television I feel like a man playing piano in a brothel; every now and...

On television I feel like a man playing piano in a brothel; every now and...

I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into...

I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into...

Television has a real problem. They have no page two.

Television has a real problem. They have no page two.