Last week's hour-long "Conversation with the President" over nationwide network television was a public relations triumph for Richard Nixon. The President was pleased with the result—and little wonder. The "conversation" format gives him a number of built-in advantages, enabling him to get to the public without being badly scarred by his questioners. Instead of an interview, it is a chance to present presidential views to an audience of 55 million.
To be sure, the "conversation" provided some news and a few insights: renewed emphasis on welfare reform, predictions of an expansionary budget, a candid admission that rerunning the San Jose "hostility"...
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