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JFK Was the First TV President, Trump Is the First Reality TV President

HISTORY LESSON

Matt Taibbi’s new book shows what campaign chronicler Theodore White wrote about 1960 was even more true in 2016: Television chops make winners.

John Batchelor
John Batchelor
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John Batchelor

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