Made for TV Election:
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Hollywood star and social activist Martin Sheen reveals how TV networks create winners and losers in US presidential elections by typecasting the candidates in a drama of their own making in this long-suppressed documentary about the 1980 Presidential Election Campaign when Ronald Reagan defeated Jimmy Carter.
Sheen dissects CBS, NBC and ABC News coverage to expose TV's "hidden hand" in changing the outcome of the most important election since 1968, debunking the media myth of the "Reagan Revolution" and the made-by-TV "conservative tide" that radically changed America's course. Featuring: Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Ted Kennedy, John Anderson; CBS: Walter Cronkite, Dan Rather, Ed Bradley; NBC: John Chancellor; ABC: Frank Reynolds, Sam Donaldson; UPI: Helen Thomas, Walt Rogers; Washington Post: David Broder, Martin Schram; Washington Star: Mary McGrory; Carter Press Secretary Jody Powell; Carter TV Advisor Jerry Rafshoon; plus cameo appearances by a members of the national and White House press corps, and the American electorate. Color, approximately 100 minutes From the filmmaker: Official website | Trailer | Buy the DVD | Hosting materials Tags: documentary, kennedy, TV news, media reality, media reform, 1980 presidential election campaign, Reagan, Carter, Anderson No screenings of Made for TV Election are currently scheduled. Host one yourself!
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