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1. www.politico.com › magazine › storyThe Fight That Changed Political TV Forever - POLITICO Magazine

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   Aug 4, 2015 · Half a century ago, William Buckley and Gore Vidal brilliantly castigated each other on air. It’s been downhill ever since. By ROBERT GORDON. August 04, 2015. Robert Gordon is the...

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3. www.newyorker.com › news › daily-commentBuckley, Vidal, and the “Queer” Question | The New Yorker

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   Jul 31, 2015 · “Best of Enemies,” opening in select theatres on July 31st after months on the festival circuit, is an entertaining documentary about the gladiatorial debates between William F. Buckley,...

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4. www.pbs.org › independentlens › documentariesBest of Enemies | Documentary about Gore Vidal and William F ...

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   Premiered October 3, 2016. Directed by. Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon. Best of Enemies captures the legendary 1968 debates between leftist Gore Vidal and neoconservative William F....

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     Flashback: Gore Vidal Nearly Comes To Blows With ‘Crypto-Nazi’ William F. Buckley In 1968

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     'Best Of Enemies' Director On New William F. Buckley & Gore Vidal Documentary

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6. www.nytimes.com › 2012/08/02 › booksGore Vidal and William F. Buckley Jr. Had Much in Common ...

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   Aug 1, 2012 · By Sam Tanenhaus. Aug. 1, 2012. Gore Vidal, as many have noted, belonged to a singular generation of American literary men — and yes, almost all were men — whose public identities at times ...

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   Nov 23, 2012 · Gore Vidal vs William Buckley Democratic Convention 1968 Debate 2 Part 1. Thomas G. 672 subscribers. Subscribed. 746. 121K views 11 years ago. Gore Vidal vs William Buckley Democratic Convention ...

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8. www.nytimes.com › 2015/07/26 › moviesBuckley vs. Vidal: When Debate Became Bloodsport

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   Jul 24, 2015 · Buckley vs. Vidal: When Debate Became Bloodsport. William F. Buckey Jr. and Gore Vidal during one of their 1968 debates. Magnolia Pictures. Before partisan panels, split-screen...

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   • It is not surprising, then, that so much of the commentary following Mr. Vidal’s death on Tuesday at 86 has fastened on his infamous televised debate with another man of letters, William F. Buckley Jr., during the 1968 Democratic convention, when both were commentators for ABC News.

   Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley Jr. Had Much in Common - The New …

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   Did Buckley apologize to Gore Vidal?

   • Esquire magazine, a bastion of the American essay, invited Buckley to examine the course of events, leading to a recapitulation of the aggrievement, with Buckley concluding, “I herewith apologize to Gore Vidal,” though he’d just spent twelve thousand words mostly justifying what he’d done.

   The Fight That Changed Political TV Forever - POLITICO Magazine

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   Why did ABC hire Vidal & Buckley?

   • Dead last in the ratings, ABC hired Vidal and Buckley to debate each other during the Democratic and Republican national conventions. Buckley, who founded National Review magazine in 1955, was a leading light of the new conservative movement.

   Best of Enemies | Documentary about Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley

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   What did Buckley say about Vidal?

   • Leaving the malice the word was imbued with to one side, though, what Buckley said about Vidal was true. What Vidal said about Buckley was not just malicious but false. Buckley was a reactionary, arguably a racist, and inarguably a homophobe.

   Buckley, Vidal, and the “Queer” Question | The New Yorker

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