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We forgave, followed and accepted because we liked the way he looked. And he had a pretty wife. Camelot was fun, even for the peasants, as long as it was televised to their huts.

Joe McGinniss

With the coming of television, and the knowledge of how it could be used to seduce voters, the old political values disappeared. Something new, murky, undefined started to rise from the mists.

Joe McGinniss

Americans have never quite digested television. The mystique which should fade grows stronger. We make celebrities not only of the men who cause events but of the men who read reports of them aloud.

Joe McGinniss

Joe McGinniss

Joe McGinniss

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Born: December 9, 1942

Died: March 10, 2014 (aged 71)

Bio: Joseph R. McGinniss, Sr., known as Joe McGinniss, was an American non-fiction writer and novelist.

Known for:

Fatal Vision controversy (1983)
The Selling of the President 1968 (1969)
Blind Faith (1989)
Going to Extremes (1980)

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