forgiven in the public arena
and stayed on as V.P.
3. The “Checkers speech” showed the awesome power of
television, since Nixon had pleaded on national TV, and even later,
“Ike,” as Eisenhower was called, agreed to go into studio
and answer some brief “questions,” which were later spliced
in and edited to make it look like Eisenhower had answered questions
from a live audience, when in fact he hadn’t.
This showed the power that TV would have in the upcoming decades,
allowing lone wolves to appeal…
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