With the coming of television, and the knowledge of how it could be used to seduce voters, the old political values disappeared. Something new, murky, undefined started to rise from the mists. — Joe McGinniss Copy Share Image
Americans have never quite digested television. The mystique which should fade grows stronger. We make celebrities not only of the men who cause events but of the men who read reports of them aloud. — Joe McGinniss Copy Share Image
We forgave, followed and accepted because we liked the way he looked. And he had a pretty wife. Camelot was fun, even for the… — Joe McGinniss Copy Share Image
The citizen does not so much vote for a candidate as make a psychological purchase of him. — Joe McGinniss Copy Share Image
With the coming of television, and the knowledge of how it could be used to seduce voters, the old political values disappeared. Something new,… — Joe McGinniss Copy Share Image
Americans have never quite digested television. The mystique which should fade grows stronger. We make celebrities not only of the men who cause events… — Joe McGinniss Copy Share Image
