Meet the Press producer Betty Cole Dukert tells of two significant appearances on the show in the lead up to the 1952 presidential election: Adlai Stevenson and Thomas E. Dewey.
”[Adlai Stevenson’s] campaign manager said afterwards he didn’t think he would ever have gotten the nomination had it not been for that interview.”
Watch Betty Cole Dukert's full interview, where she discusses her five-decade tenure at Meet the Press.