Evening star., 1952-05-25
On the Air
Nideo Had Better Screen
Those Comics as Reporters
By Harry Macarthur


Several pitfalls lie directly television broad
casters Their presence becoming balyhoo owe,
televsng the political conventions pitch Televison
as well as presidential candidates will be Chicago
in July.
beginning that every piece OF
equipment in Tv not securely up in Chicago
Many are anticipating the elevised Republican
conclaVe in something of light
Snowmsnshp" is being promised the quality will
mark this camera and mcrophone nothing
wrong with showmansp of The teeision
snouo pear in mind though the reminder that their function
70 show the political conventions they dramatize
them into lveler Tv shows.
This desire to inject howmanshp politics has prompted
at least two of the assign
roles at Chicago ABC will Roger to brng his
and TV Bob Hope will do something same for NBC He'll
have 5minute across the board strip radio
on televson during both conventions.
It's Fair forget
OF politicians are fair and ustab win
and not hurting any
The actions comedians lately however have
raised question the political
satirss Some apparently unable the difference
tween member OF the political opposition and hired
living room. oO'0~~e 'Ns ''D
any political acuen however
politics. Things both course
but the TV networks had best
They'd Better Choose Carefully
they determined provide Snowman
ship to their convention they would
them with The ability to be funny
or q m1crophone is not enough.
The delegates gathering in Chicago will be serious
business They will be selecting the they hold
most important Office in the world for
will be sideights their manevers course the
broadcars remember that purpose conventions
Is essentially a serious
It might in fact be smart to hold to
bare minimum to let convention comedy speak
Many politician funnier himself than anything Hope
think OF about him.
There only the segment the viewing
audience will take oense fun poked in the wrong
There also the possibility satrical
have the White House bearing grudge against
some broadcasting network.
There Might Be Repercussons
There is another phase the
broadcaste might well be advised This their
slant reminder that teeviSion shows phonies
things being said right that widespread
able to Judge for the first time the legitimacy
onstrations.
Spontaneous upheavas enthusiasm are often less
than that Some of them
them performed college boys purpose
TV broadcases confident that their searching
tec the real from the phony accurately than
radio accounts have been able past
This have one OF two re-
suits however neither which
clans decide they don't want the public
ing the real from the phony They decide they want
anything as discerning eevson staring at them.
They Moy Turn Actors
They might decide to television
tion hail. for failure credentials political
convention akin lodge meeting open
tion Of Government they might get away with it, too
The other possibility is that the politicians will take
TOOL the cameras They may turn TO showmanshp too They
Studio One Pulitzer Prize drama deceiving
the completely In this the well
not be there at ALL
we eevson, softpedal all this talk about
themselves enough putting politicians
on guard.