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Civility? Depth? One Host’s Radical Approach to TV Talk in a Troubled Time
Civility? Depth? One Host’s Radical Approach to TV Talk in a Troubled Time
Heffner is, in a modest way, trying to do battle with our fractious world, as seen on TV. The 27-year-old’s weapon of choice is a weekly 30-minute public-affairs television show called “The Open Mind.” Everything about it seems countercultural, even radical, given this disagreeable and high-decibel moment in American history.
NBC News Profiles ‘Open Mind’ 60th Anniversary
NBC News Profiles ‘Open Mind’ 60th Anniversary
This has been a noisy, raucous political season. With name calling, mean spirited back and forth and no small amount of attention paid to poll numbers and Twitter feeds. TODAY’s Harry Smith reports on a television program that refuses to go along.
