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Advocates; Should the news media refuse to publish candidate preference polls?

Part of The Advocates.

11/16/1972

Moderator: Michael Dukakis Advocate: Roger Fisher Advocate: Howard Miller Witnesses: Herschel Shosteck – Political Opinion Consultant David Anderson – Liberal Party Leader, British Columbia Rep. William Green – (D) Pennsylvania Mervin Field – Pollster Charles Goodell – Former Senator, New York


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Series
Advocates
Program
Should the news media refuse to publish candidate preference polls?
Program Number

307

Series Description

A SERIES OF DEBATES with a moderator facilitating the discussion of national and international issues - using advocates who would introduce witnesses to support their point of view. Debates recorded at Boston's Faneuil Hall. Moderators included: Michael Dukakis; Marilyn Berger; Michael Harrington, Robert Maynard. (Premiered October, 1969; conceived by Prof. Roger Fisher.) Other participants included Barney Frank, Avi Nelson, Antonin Scalia, S.I. Hayakawa, Paul Simon, Albert Shankar, Richard Bolling, Pete McCloskey, Chester Crocker, John Anderson, Elmo Zumwalt, George Ball, John Kenneth Galbraith, William Colby, Eleanor Smeal, Phyllis Schlafly, Sam Ervin, Laurence Tribe, Daniel Schorr, Orrin Hatch, Morris Udall, Edward Kennedy, George McGovern, Jake Garn, Paul Tsongas, Alan Dershowitz. Series release date: 1969

Program Description

Moderator: Michael Dukakis Advocate: Roger Fisher Advocate: Howard Miller Witnesses: Herschel Shosteck – Political Opinion Consultant David Anderson – Liberal Party Leader, British Columbia Rep. William Green – (D) Pennsylvania Mervin Field – Pollster Charles Goodell – Former Senator, New York Produced by WGBH at Faneuil Hall, bears WGBH copyright

Duration

01:00:23

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Subjects
Shosteck, Herschel
Anderson, David
Field, Mervin
Goodell, Charles E. (Charles Ellsworth), 1926-1987
Dukakis, Michael S. (Michael Stanley), 1933-
Fisher, Roger, 1922-
Green, William
Miller, Howard E.
Locations
Faneuil Hall, Boston, Massachusetts
Genres
Debate
Topics
Social Issues
Public Affairs
Contributors
Goodell, Charles (Guest)
Shosteck, Herschel (Guest)
Miller, Howard (Guest)
Fisher, Roger (Guest)
Field, Mervin (Guest)
Dukakis, Michael (Moderator)
Green, William (Guest)
Anderson, David (Guest)
Publication Information
Supported by a grant from the Open Society Foundations.
Citation
Chicago: “Advocates; Should the news media refuse to publish candidate preference polls?,” 11/16/1972, GBH Archives, accessed March 29, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_8EBC188E0DBF4B43936529114B2BB899.
MLA: “Advocates; Should the news media refuse to publish candidate preference polls?.” 11/16/1972. GBH Archives. Web. March 29, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_8EBC188E0DBF4B43936529114B2BB899>.
APA: Advocates; Should the news media refuse to publish candidate preference polls?. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_8EBC188E0DBF4B43936529114B2BB899
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