If the British press and television commentators had been choosing America’s Presidential candidates, there wouldn’t have been a moment’s hesitation. It would be a contest between Rockefeller and McCarthy. The only Republicans who rate a kind word in British editorials are those who might just as well be Democrats: and the only Democrats of whom the commentators approve are those who have come out strongly against the Vietnam war.
After the conventions, these commentators, like the young dissidents in America, found themselves without a candidate to support. This should have made—and to some extent it has made—for more impartial reporting.
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