Agnew speaks at GOP Committee Meeting, Des Moines, Iowa, November 13, 1969

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Date
1969-11-13
Summary
Introduced by Governor Robert Ray at the Mid-West Regional GOP Committee Meeting in Des Moines, Iowa, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew articulates his dissatisfaction with the television medium and how newscasters are presenting the news. As a significant influencer on public opinion, Agnew highlights the difference in reaction to those who heard President Richard Nixon's speech on Vietnam themselves, versus those who heard about it from a news program. He closes by challenging newsmen to criticize themselves and encouraging the public to tell news stations to provide unbiased and objective stories.
Subject
Government, Law, Politics
Collection
Politics and Civic Life
Unit
Special Collections and University Archives
Rights Statement
In Copyright
Terms of Use
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Physical Description
7 in; 00:27:56 hh:mm:ss; 1/4" open reel tape
Notes
Spiro T. Agnew papers
Series 5: Audiovisual Materials, 1945-1980, Subseries 2, Box 3, Item 30
A guide to the full collection of Spiro T. Agnew papers is available in our archival collections: http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/1744.

Access

Access condition: public.
Other Identifiers
Fedora 2 PID: umd:734006; Handle Identifier: hdl:1903.1/45357; Catalog Key: 244; Filename: histmss-076302

Access Restrictions

This item is accessible by: the public.