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...Frank L. Manckiewicz, the national political director for the presidential campaign of Senator George McGovern (D-S.D.), said last night that the exposure of corruption in the Nixon administration has broadened the race for the 1976 Democratic presidential nomination...
Speaking at Winthrop House to an Institute of Politics seminar, Manckiewicz said that ten days ago, no Democrat would have opposed Senator Edward M. Kennedy '54 (D-Mass.), in the 1976 contest...
...Manckiewicz explained that he feels television will not cover something that is not excitingly visual or cannot be covered in 45 seconds. He said that television loves the spectacular but dislikes issues...
...Manckiewicz added that this lack of concern with issues was especially reflected in television reporting. He said that Vice President Agnew was correct in 1970 when he accused network presidents of imposing their bias on network news, but he added that this was not a liberal bias...
...Instead, Manckiewicz said, the news is slanted because the network presidents restrict us to a half-hour of national news in a 16-hour day of programming...