Special telephone interview regarding the impact of television on public policy; White House Communications Agency; use of videotape; White House Naval Photographic Unit films; LBJ's close relations with the press; television news reports; effect of TET in Vietnam conflict; LBJ's desire to emphasize his domestic programs despite Vietnam; impact of Walter Cronkite's special on TV regarding Vietnam on February 27, 1968.
Oral history transcript, George E. Christian, interview 6 (VI), 9/17/1979, by David Culbert
Citation
Oral history transcript, George E. Christian, interview 6 (VI), 9/17/1979, by David Culbert, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 29, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-christiang-19790917-6-80-40