Elmer Lowrer oral history interview, 1980.

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Elmer Lowrer oral history interview, 1980.

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Lowrer discusses David Douglas Duncan's coverage of the Vietnam War for LIFE magazine and ABC; the issue of showing blood in news coverage of Vietnam; the 1960 Kennedy-Nixon debates; Kennedy's handling of concern about his Catholicism and how he attracted the black vote; campaign commercials in the 1952 presidential election; Spiro Agnew's 1969 speech against ABC News and how ABC dealt with the accusations; past presidential administrations' use of television.

1 sound cassette (1 hour);Transcript (21 p.)

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Hilbert, John-Kevin

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Lowrer, Elmer, 1913-

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President of the ABC News Department from 1963 to 1974 and ABC Corporate Vice President from 1974-1978. From the description of Elmer Lowrer oral history interview, 1980. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 240558890 ...