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Date: 1952Checkers speech  

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  • Republican Senator Richard M. Nixon's Checkers Speech, Tuesday, September 23, 1952, was one of the most problematical addresses ever delivered. The televised speech, watched by 55 million people, demonstrated the power of television to mediate political communication. [Source: Encyclopedia of Political Communication; Checkers Speech]

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  • Date: 1952

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-JPRSVLRM-S

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