Lights. Camera. Politics.

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I stumbled across a media assessment of the power of Television in politics.

It was a segment called "Lights. Camera. Politics."

And it used the 1980 presidential election (Carter-Reagan-Anderson) as a focus of it's analysis to show how TV slowly but surely has replaced the function of party bosses.

The video quality here is bad, but you still get the idea, and there are some details you may really enjoy, especially some important historical details.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yexUE1CeyLU]Lights, Camera, Politics. 1980 Presidential Campaign Part 1 - YouTube[/ame]


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zTNZjFWoj4]Lights, Camera, Politics. 1980 Presidential Campaign Part 2 - YouTube[/ame]


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VNqIlFrCq8]Lights, Camera, Politics. 1980 Presidential Campaign Part 3 - YouTube[/ame]


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuQIEvPlD6Y]Lights, Camera, Politics. 1980 Presidential Campaign Part 4 - YouTube[/ame]


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjNjL0IqQGk]Lights, Camera, Politics. 1980 Presidential Campaign Part 5 - YouTube[/ame]


You will also see a number of people you probably know, but they are very, very young.


I wonder how long it will be until a reportage comes out over the way the internet slowly took over US politics...


Either way, hope you watch some of it and enjoy it.

Feel free to comment on stuff that sticks out in your head.

 

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There is a GREAT moment in the third part, starting around 3:35.

Listen to what the reporter says, it is quite enlightening.