Better Quote by Michael Korda

John Kennedy won the first televised presidential debate among those watching it, while Richard Nixon won among those listening on the radio.

— Susan Estrich

When you look at Kennedy and Nixon, TV played a crucial part in Kennedy's popularity. He was incredibly photogenic, while Nixon was this scowling…

— Peyton Reed

Nixon's adroit use of television in 1952 was well ahead of its time.

— Lawrence O'Donnell

Let me make my point about Vietnam. When the Nixon initiation came into office, there were 550,000 Americans in combat. And ending the war…

— Henry A. Kissinger

The fact that a TV star can become president should be old news since [Ronald] Reagan, and old news since the Nixon-Kennedy debates -…

— Joss Whedon

“Under Ailes’s sharp tutelage, Nixon was able to skillfully leverage television to trick the American public into believing he was a halfway reasonable human…

— Joe Muto

The tough decisions that a president has to make in the Oval Office are in no way related to the capability of a person…

— Gerald R. Ford

Television doesn't like politics very well, if you can infer that from the way they cover it.

— Jack Germond

George W. said he doesn't watch television. And, of course, well - the reason for that is the Clintons stole the White House satellite…

— David Letterman

Of course a lot of the journalists hated Nixon, but they were always blown away by how smart he was.

— Roger Stone

Modern politics today requires a mastery of television. I've never really warmed up to television and, in fairness to television, it's never warmed up…

— Anonymous

Media runs the world, and it all changed, I think, when the debate between Kennedy and Nixon happened, and first of all we saw…

— Dylan McDermott