Truth or Consequence: How the 1950s Quiz Show Scandal Shaped American Audiences
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Nov 18, 2021
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This paper offers an overview of the 1950s American quiz show scandal that
revolved around the ‘rigging’ of CBS and NBC programs The $64,000 Question and
Twenty-One during an unprecedented transformation and rapid growth of the postwar American media landscape.
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