Leading up to the presidential elections was broadcasted through news. In the late 1940’s television was introduced as the new era in public communication (“Has Television Reshaped Politics?”). People saw all the possibilities and saw that this was the beginning of something great. Frank Stanton, president of Colombia Broadcasting System said, “Not even the sky is the limit.” Television was made to inform and stimulate the political interests of the American electorate (“Has Television Reshaped Politics?”). “Television, with its penetration, its wide geographic distribution and impact, provides new, direct, and sensitive link between Washington and the people,” said Dr. Stanton. “The people have once more become the nation, as they have not
