On a television debate program in the United States in 1968, two well-known public intellectuals, Gore Vidal and William F. Barkley, expressed their opinions on current social issues. This game of winning and losing in a head-to-head showdown defines the so-called The public discourse in the media, this kind of spectacle-style argument replaces the actual content, which is a huge impact on the modern media. The two speculators and the spiritually rich are arguing about "how does television affect the way people discuss politics in a democratic society in the 21st century"
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Best of Enemies: Buckley vs. Vidal movie plot
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Best of Enemies: Buckley vs. Vidal quotes
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Christopher Hitchens: The mores of the country were going to hell. And if there was one thing William Buckley cared more about than another thing it would have been that. If we go on like this, abortion will be on-demand, women will have sex with women, the family will be over, the church won't be respected, we will be screwing in the street and frightening the horses, buggery will be legal... And if you'd said all that to Gore, he would've said, Well OK, bring it on.
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Richard Wald: ABC was the third of the three networks. It would've been fourth, but there were only three.