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The Selling of the President

Posted on May 13, 2008 by twotreatises

by Joe McGinniss (1969) McGinniss’ non-fiction account of the 1968 election (Nixon/Humphrey/Wallace) focuses on Nixon’s campaign and his use of the new medium of television to “sell” himself, or rather “be sold” by his advisers. illusions people live by: “The … Continue reading →

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