Master 11515 Tape 1 CAMPAIGN 88: PRIME TIME PRESIDENT - Documentary on the history of Presidental Campaingns and the part that the media plays in American politics. 1956 Presidential Campaign.
DO NOT USE Clip of a reporter interviewing Mrs. Averill Harriman in Convention gallery before strategically placed cameras
DO NOT USE In response to CBS's Cronkite, the team of CHET HUNTLEY and DAVID BRINKLEY providing some light banter from the anchor desk. Clip of Huntley and Brinkley.
C/S Herbert Brownell, former Eisenhower campaigner, says that after 1952, the TV news anchor became a key player in interpreting the political activity to the viewers. Says that since then, TV has started to consider the politicians as "props" in TV's show.