Martin Plissner is recently retired from his position as Executive Political Director of CBS News. He lives in Washington, D.C.

Walter Cronkite (CBS) The Control Room brought back so many memories, and revealed so much I never knew, that I have found it hard to put down. It is a fine story and invaluable history lesson. For the buffs, here is the fascinating inside story of politics and television as told by a talented researcher-reporter who observed, indeed participated in, almost every step of the mating dance. For historians, the book is an invaluable documented source on how television forever changed the very fundamentals of our election process.

• CONTENTSIntroduction1 In the Beginning Was New Hampshire -- and the Networks2 From Gavel to Gavel to Ten to Eleven: (The Twilight of the Conventions)3 For Whom the Networks Call4 Masters of All They Survey5 The Less Than Great Debates6 At the End of the Day: The Evening News and Its CriticsConclusion -- The Control Room, the Internet and the Politics of 2000NotesAcknowledgmentsIndex

Martin Plissner is recently retired from his position as Executive Political Director of CBS News. He lives in Washington, D.C.

Walter Cronkite (CBS) The Control Room brought back so many memories, and revealed so much I never knew, that I have found it hard to put down. It is a fine story and invaluable history lesson. For the buffs, here is the fascinating inside story of politics and television as told by a talented researcher-reporter who observed, indeed participated in, almost every step of the mating dance. For historians, the book is an invaluable documented source on how television forever changed the very fundamentals of our election process.

• CONTENTSIntroduction1 In the Beginning Was New Hampshire -- and the Networks2 From Gavel to Gavel to Ten to Eleven: (The Twilight of the Conventions)3 For Whom the Networks Call4 Masters of All They Survey5 The Less Than Great Debates6 At the End of the Day: The Evening News and Its CriticsConclusion -- The Control Room, the Internet and the Politics of 2000NotesAcknowledgmentsIndex

Martin Plissner is recently retired from his position as Executive Political Director of CBS News. He lives in Washington, D.C.

Walter Cronkite (CBS) The Control Room brought back so many memories, and revealed so much I never knew, that I have found it hard to put down. It is a fine story and invaluable history lesson. For the buffs, here is the fascinating inside story of politics and television as told by a talented researcher-reporter who observed, indeed participated in, almost every step of the mating dance. For historians, the book is an invaluable documented source on how television forever changed the very fundamentals of our election process.

• CONTENTSIntroduction1 In the Beginning Was New Hampshire -- and the Networks2 From Gavel to Gavel to Ten to Eleven: (The Twilight of the Conventions)3 For Whom the Networks Call4 Masters of All They Survey5 The Less Than Great Debates6 At the End of the Day: The Evening News and Its CriticsConclusion -- The Control Room, the Internet and the Politics of 2000NotesAcknowledgmentsIndex