In order to spice up their convention coverage, ABC executives invited two towering intellectuals to a series of debates. The fireworks between liberal Gore Vidal and conservative William F. Buckley, ...
In August 1968, as the Republican and Democratic national conventions unfolded amid that year’s protest and unrest, ABC News broadcast what it called “unconventional convention coverage,” featuring ...
For decades, William F. Buckley Jr. was a one-of-a-kind character: an author and columnist, and a celebrity intellectual. He hosted a TV debate show, "Firing Line," and was often a guest on late night ...
As Gore Vidal debated William F. Buckley Jr., network executives looked on in horror. It is impossible to watch without being remind of what is playing out on cable TV and across the Internet this ...