The control room : how television calls the shots in presidential elections / Martin Plissner.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-230) and index.

1. In the Beginning Was New Hampshire - and the Networks -- 2. From Gavel to Gavel to Ten to Eleven: (The Twilight of the Conventions) -- 3. For Whom the Networks Call -- 4. Masters of All They Survey -- 5. The Less Than Great Debates -- 6. At the End of the Day: The Evening News and Its Critics -- Conclusion - The Control Room, the Internet and the Politics of 2000.

Martin Plissner, former political director of CBS News, has played a central role in the network coverage of every presidential campaign since 1964. Now, drawing on his intimate knowledge of life inside the control room, he provides a lively and authoritative account of the ways television has come to dominate presidential politics in the final third of the twentieth century.