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Quiz Show Scandals Changed U.S TV

by John McDonough, NPR
August 19, 2008

Sixty years ago, a string of scandals emerged around "fixed" TV quiz shows. When the popular program Dotto was suddenly pulled from the air in 1958, answers were difficult to come by.

The scandals changed the business of television in the U.S.

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  • All Things Considered, August 19, 2008
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