In Halberstram's fun house, television elected John F. Kennedy in 1960 (presumably Richard J. Daley and his precinct captains were at home on election night watching the Cook County ballots being counted on television). — Edwin Diamond Copy Share Image
"You wanna deliver papers in a big city?" an expert with a bent nose told me, "then you gotta shake the trees to find… — Edwin Diamond Copy Share Image
Television has borrowed from the carnival midway the barker's tease: "Coming Up Next: a Perfect 10" (Sex? Bo Derek? No, the weatherman comes on… — Edwin Diamond Copy Share Image
Cheryl Ladd Special - One-hour long, one thought show of jigglevision. — Edwin Diamond Copy Share Image
In Halberstram's fun house, television elected John F. Kennedy in 1960 (presumably Richard J. Daley and his precinct captains were at home on election… — Edwin Diamond Copy Share Image
I'm somewhat diffident about cuffing television on its rabbit ears for not being something else. — Edwin Diamond Copy Share Image
The New York Times will tell you what is going on in Afghanistan or the Horn of Africa. But it is no exaggeration that… — Edwin Diamond Copy Share Image
Only a few reporters...discerned that Anderson really combined Carter's ineptness with Reagan's simplicities. — Edwin Diamond Copy Share Image
