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Adam Curtis film on Richard Nixon

This short film by Adam Curtis recently aired on Newswipe with Charlie Brooker and puts forward the argument that we are all becoming like Richard Nixon.

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Richard Nixon on All in the Family

A strange tape from April 1971 of Richard Nixon discussing Archie Bunker, CBS and homosexuality.

 

In comes from the middle of a discussion with his aides HR Haldeman and John Ehrlichman on  how they should shape their public relations in regard to what the ‘average man’ cares about.

They talk about the new television show All in the Family and the recent episode Nixon had seen, which leads to a larger and more surreal discussion.