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Seldes discusses media coverage of the elections. He believes that television has possibly brought in new factors, and may require new ground rules. He speaks of the impact of using television to abuse one's opponent.
As campaign follows campaign people are playing dirtier and dirtier politics, and using more below the belt tactics. Seldes talks about "clean campaigns" in Connecticut. His impression is that they only campaign on state issues, and not national ones. Seldes suggests ending magnanimity. He thinks we should not be "good sports" but should keep fighting after the campaign ends.

He goes on to discuss freedom of the press, and the basic belief that if there is one newspaper who won't print something, there is another that will.

Seldes moves on to discuss a proposed code for comic books. Specifically a ban against the tendency to draw women in exaggerated ways, subjects like cannibalism, zombies; use of smut, nudity, undue language.
Seldes comments on the history of the exaggerated female figure in regard to length, noting that with women's clothing advertising the female body is drawn about 9 times the length of the head.

Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection

WNYC archives id: 71497
Municipal archives id: LT3117