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By the late 1960s, the [[Vietnam War]] was raging in Southeast [[Asia]] and college protests were prominent in [[America]].  The [[media]] began covering the [[war]] as no other [[war]] had been seen before.  Goring and disturbing pictures of violence and [[death]] on the battlefield were piped into millions of [[American]] homes.  Public opinion shifted because of it.

By the late 1960s, the [[Vietnam War]] was raging in Southeast [[Asia]] and college protests were prominent in [[America]].  The [[media]] began covering the [[war]] as no other [[war]] had been seen before.  Goring and disturbing pictures of violence and [[death]] on the battlefield were piped into millions of [[American]] homes.  Public opinion shifted because of it.

[[Lyndon B. Johnson|President Johnson] lost his popularity and could not be reelected in 1968, and [[Richard Nixon]] won the [[White House]].  He knew the power of [[television]], having used it to his advantage in addressing allegations against him in his Checkers speech in 1952.  In 1960, [[Richard Nixon]] lost his [[president]]ial race to [[John F. Kennedy|JFK]] largely because [[John F. Kennedy|JFK]] looked better in the televised [[presidential]] [[debate]]s.

[[Lyndon B. Johnson|President Johnson]] lost his popularity and could not be reelected in 1968, and [[Richard Nixon]] won the [[White House]].  He knew the power of [[television]], having used it to his advantage in addressing allegations against him in his Checkers speech in 1952.  In 1960, [[Richard Nixon]] lost his [[president]]ial race to [[John F. Kennedy|JFK]] largely because [[John F. Kennedy|JFK]] looked better in the [[Kitchen Debates|televised presidential debates]].

By 1973, it was time for [[television]] to beat [[Richard Nixon]] again.  [[Congress]] instituted hearings about the [[Watergate scandal]], and daily televised coverage gradually turned the public against [[Richard Nixon]].  Hours and hours of televised coverage featuring critics of [[Richard Nixon|President Nixon]] eventually forced him to resign.  [[Television]] proved that it had the power to cause the first presidential resignation in [[history]].

By 1973, it was time for [[television]] to beat [[Richard Nixon]] again.  [[Congress]] instituted hearings about the [[Watergate scandal]], and daily televised coverage gradually turned the public against [[Richard Nixon]].  Hours and hours of televised coverage featuring critics of [[Richard Nixon|President Nixon]] eventually forced him to resign.  [[Television]] proved that it had the power to cause the first presidential resignation in [[history]].