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The Control Room: How Television Calls the Shots in Presidential Elections Paperback - 2000

by Martin Plissner

Just as the 2000 presidential election moves into full swing, the former political director of "CBS News" blends his inside knowledge, personal anecdotes, and historical expertise to show how the network news has come to dominate every stage of the political process since 1964.


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Who will determine what Americans are thinking when they cast their votes in the year 2000?
Martin Plissner, former political director of CBS News, has played a central role in the network coverage of every presidential campaign since 1964. In The Control Room, he shows how all the elements of our nation's greatest contest -- the primaries, the conventions, the counting of the ballots --are shaped by the networks' struggle for supremacy in today's media-intensive age. From the earliest announcements to the final swearing-in, those inside the control rooms determine what Americans care about when they enter the polling booths and whom the country ultimately sends to the Oval Office

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THIRTY-SIX YEARS AGO, SAD TO SAY, CBS, NBC AND ABC created the modern New Hampshire primary.

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  • Title The Control Room: How Television Calls the Shots in Presidential Elections
  • Author Martin Plissner
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Touchstone Books, US
  • Date 2000-05-01
  • ISBN 9780684867724 / 0684867729
  • Weight 0.73 lbs (0.33 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.04 x 6.46 x 0.65 in (20.42 x 16.41 x 1.65 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1950-1999
  • Library of Congress subjects Political campaigns - United States, Presidents - United States - Election
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98-51053
  • Dewey Decimal Code 324.7

About the author

Martin Plissner is recently retired from his position as Executive Political Director of CBS News. He lives in Washington, D.C.
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