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Firing Line (1966-1999) was a public affairs show founded and hosted by conservative William F. Buckley, Jr.. Its 1,504 episodes over 33 years made Firing Line the longest-running public affairs show in television history with a single host. Public affairs is a catch-all term that includes public policy as well as public administration, both of which are closely related to and draw upon the fields of political science as well as economics. ...
William F. Buckley William Frank Buckley Jr. ...
In a 1999 Salon.com article, Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol summarized Buckley's approach to the show: Screenshot of Salon. ...
The Weekly Standard is an American Conservative political magazine published 48 times per year. ...
William Kristol William Bill Kristol (born December 23, 1952 in New York City) is an American neoconservative lobbyist. ...
- Buckley really believes that in order to convince, you have to debate and not just preach, which of course means risking the possibility that someone will beat you in debate.
Buckley and his producer, Warren Steibel, used various methods over the years of bringing an extra perspective to the show. In the early years there would often be a panel of questioners. In 1977 the panel was replaced by an "examiner" who played a larger part in the proceedings. Examiners varied, with Jeff Greenfield, Michael Kinsley, Harriet Pilpel, and Mark J. Green appearly most frequently. When the show was shortened to 30 minutes in 1988, the role of examiner was eliminated, but there was often a moderator, whose role was similar to that of the moderator in a formal debate. The moderator would introduce both host and guest, and then ask the opening question. Jeff Greenfield (born June 10, 1943 in New York, NY)has been a senior analyst at CNN since 1998 and contributor to Judy Woodruffs Inside Politics. ...
Michael Kinsley (born March 9, 1951 in Detroit, Michigan) is a veteran American political journalist and commentator, currently serving as Editorial and Opinion Editor at the Los Angeles Times (since April 2004) (though he announced in July 2005 that he would assume a reduced, but as-yet-undefined, role). ...
Mark J. Green is a public interest lawyer, author and politician living in New York City. ...
History
Firing Line began as an hour-long show for commercial television, syndicated by WOR-TV in New York City. In 1971, after 240 episodes, it moved to public television under the auspices of the Southern Educational Communications Association, and became a full hour (i.e. the show no longer needed to allow time for commercial breaks). WWOR-TV (UPN 9) is the flagship station of the UPN network. ...
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Starting in 1978, scattered among the regular shows were occasional specials and two-hour formal debates, with opening statements, cross-examination, and closing statements. Beginning in March 1993, the formal debate would often be followed by shows in which most or all of the participants engaged in informal discussion. Debate is a formalized system of (usually) logical argument. ...
In law, cross-examination is the interrogation of a witness called by ones opponent. ...
Controversy According to the companion book Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, Buckley held in his hand a buzzer to decide when to go to commercial, which he would press whenever his guest was getting the better of him. This would have been highly unlikely, considering the show ran on publicly-funded PBS and that this is the only source that alleges such an activity. Manufacturing Consent movie poster Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992) is a documentary film that explores the political life and ideas of Noam Chomsky, world-renowned linguist, intellectual, and political activist. ...
Trivia The theme music of Firing Line was the Brandenberg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Third Movement (Allegro assai), by Johann Sebastian Bach. The theme music of a radio or television program is a melody closely associated with the show, and usually played during the title sequence and/or end credits. ...
The six Brandenburg concertos (BWV 1046–1051) by Johann Sebastian Bach are a collection of instrumental works presented by Bach to the Margrave of Brandenburg in 1721, but probably composed earlier. ...
Johann Sebastian Bach, 1748 portrait by Elias Gottlob Haussmann Johann Sebastian Bach (21 March 1685 (O.S.) – 28 July 1750 (N.S.))[1] was a German composer and organist of the baroque period, and is widely acknowledged[2] as one of the greatest composers in the Western tonal tradition. ...
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Hoover Tower The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace is a conservative public policy think tank and library founded by Herbert Hoover at Stanford University, his alma mater. ...
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CNN or Cable News Network is a cable television network that was founded in 1980 by Ted Turner & Reese Schonfeld [1] [2] (although he currently is not recognized in CNNs official history). ...
Further reading - On the Firing Line: The Public Life of Our Public Figures, by William F. Buckley (New York: Random House, 1989), ISBN: 0394575687. A collection of transcript excerpts and commentary.
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