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Mickey Z
Cool Observer
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Friday, July 16, 2004
Presidential Campaigning in the Age of Television
“Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.” - George Bernard Shaw
Knee-deep in another presidential election circus, everyone has an opinion. Families are divided, friendships split, and boatloads of good energy is wasted in the futile attempt to differentiate between corporate candidates (this time, it’s two warmongering Yale grads). In fact, if one were to judge by campaign television commercials, the two parties have barely even tried to disguise their formulaic approach to control for over five decades.
“The Living Room Candidate: Presidential Campaign Commercials 1952-2004,” is an online exhibition, presented by American Museum of the Moving Image, featuring more than 250 television commercials and historical analysis from every presidential campaign year since 1952. Click on a few of the commercials and the trends emerge.
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