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Series
The Dissenters
Episode Number
6
Episode
Joe Michael Cobb
Producing Organization
WGBH Educational Foundation
Contributing Organization
Library of Congress (Washington, District of Columbia)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip-512-rx9377701m
NOLA Code
DSNT
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Description
Episode Description
Joe Mitchell Cobb, editor-in-chief of the Chicago-based New Individualist Review is interviewed by Donald Fouser. Cobb expresses a point of view espoused by many of the younger extreme conservatives in the United States. Cobb advocates a drastically reduced role for government in American life and calls for private industry to operate such programs as the public schools and the massive federal highway construction project. Cobb also takes issue with right-wing leaders such as William F. Buckley Jr. and the Rev. Billy James Hargis whose positions, he feels, are too colored by their religious beliefs. Among those serving on the editorial board of Cobbs publication are Dr. Milton Friedman, University of Chicago economics professor, Newsweek columnist, and Barry Goldwaters chief economic advisor during the 1964 presidential campaign, and Dr. FA Hynek, professor of political science at the University of Chicago and a noted conservative ideologist. The Dissenters: Joe Mitchell Cobb was produced for National Educational Television by its Boston affiliate, WGBH-TV. This program was produced through the facilities of WTTW-TV, Chicago. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
Series Description
The Dissenters features a series of interviews conducted by host Donald Fouser, which focus on dissenting personalities on the American scene. The topics covered include politics, race, and religion. The 6 half-hour episodes that comprise this series were originally recorded on videotape.
Broadcast Date
1967-11-12
Asset type
Episode
Genres
Talk Show
Topics
Politics and Government
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
00:30:58
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Credits
Producing Organization: WGBH Educational Foundation
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Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive
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Format: 16mm film
Library of Congress
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Generation: Master
Color: Color
Library of Congress
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Format: 1 inch videotape: SMPTE Type C
Generation: Master
Duration: 0:29:01
Library of Congress
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Color: Color
Library of Congress
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Duration: 0:29:01
Library of Congress
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Format: 2 inch videotape
Generation: Master
Duration: 0:29:01

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Duration: 00:30:58
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Citations
Chicago: “The Dissenters; 6; Joe Michael Cobb,” 1967-11-12, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed April 4, 2026, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-rx9377701m.
MLA: “The Dissenters; 6; Joe Michael Cobb.” 1967-11-12. Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. April 4, 2026. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-rx9377701m>.
APA: The Dissenters; 6; Joe Michael Cobb. Boston, MA: Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-rx9377701m