Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.; S0621; Examining Poverty in America
- Episode Number
- S0621
- Episode
- Examining Poverty in America
- Producing Organization
- Southern Educational Communications Association
- South Carolina Educational Television Network
- Contributing Organization
- Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University (Stanford, California)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/514-057cr5p01j
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- Description
- Episode Description
- Mr. Harrington, who 18 years earlier had been the very first Firing Line guest, can always be depended upon to give the Socialist Party line--but he does it with such verve and good humor! One sample, from a discussion that ranges from Aid to Families with Dependent Children to the Catholic bishops' pastoral letter on capitalism, to the squeals of French bankers under Mitterrand: WFB: "You've got to increase productivity. But fortunately, under Mr. Reagan, we've been doing that, haven't we?, for the last couple of years." MH: "Oh, I think there is a second act to come, Bill." WFB: "I know, and the trouble with those second acts is that you all look so happy when you predict it, don't you?" MH: "I'm chuckling at the Greek tragedy that's about to unfold." Currently there is only a digitized transcript available for this episode.
- Series Description
- The television series Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr. was a venue for debate and discussion on political, social, and philosophical issues with experts of the day. Firing Line broadcasts from 1966 through March 1971 were produced and syndicated by WOR-TV, a commercial station in New York, but some of them were also broadcast on noncommercial television stations. Starting in April 1971, Firing Line broadcasts were produced by the Southern Educational Communications Association, an arm of South Carolina Educational Television. Hoover Institution Library & Archives' Firing Line collection guide can be found at: https://www.hoover.org/library-archives/collections/firing-line.
- Date
- 1984-11-13
- Asset type
- Episode
- Genres
- Talk Show
- Topics
- Public Affairs
- Subjects
- Economic conditions; United States; Social conditions; Poverty
- Rights
- Copyright held by Stanford University. This copy is provided for educational and research purposes only. No publication, further reproduction, or reuse of copies, beyond fair use, may be made without the express written permission of the Hoover Institution Library & Archives on behalf of Stanford University.
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Credits
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Guest: Harrington, Michael
Host: Buckley, William F., Jr.
Producing Organization: Southern Educational Communications Association
Producing Organization: South Carolina Educational Television Network
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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Stanford University
Identifier: 80040.864 (Hoover Institution)
Generation: Proxy
Duration: 1:00:00
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.; S0621; Examining Poverty in America,” 1984-11-13, Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed July 2, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-514-057cr5p01j.
- MLA: “Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.; S0621; Examining Poverty in America.” 1984-11-13. Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. July 2, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-514-057cr5p01j>.
- APA: Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.; S0621; Examining Poverty in America. Boston, MA: Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-514-057cr5p01j