{"conversationCode":"145-021","tapeNumber":145,"conversationNumber":21,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-145-021","startDateTime":"1972-10-03T00:39:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-10-03T00:43:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Oct-1972","startTime":"8:39 PM","endDate":"2-Oct-1972","endTime":"8:43 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Colson, Charles W.;","description":"On October 2, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at Camp David from 8:39 pm to 8:43 pm. 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Colson's assessment of evening television news coverage\n              -National Broadcasting Corporation [NBC]\n                     -Negative coverage\n                     -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]\n                     -Hatred towards Spiro T. Agnew\n                            -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]\n              -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]\n              -American Broadcasting Corporation [ABC]\n                     -George S. McGovern\n                            -Charles W. Colson’s opinion\n                            -Audience Response\n                     -Spiro T. Agnew\n                            -Charles W. Colson’s opinion\n              -National Broadcasting Corporation [NBC]\n\n                    -George S. McGovern\n                    -Spiro T. Agnew\n                    -John W. Chancellor\n                           -News editors\n                                   -Reuven Frank\n                    -Camp David\n                           -Andrei A. Gromyko meeting\n              -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]\n               American Broadcasting Corporation [ABC]\n                    -Spiro T. Agnew\n                    -George S. McGovern\n                    -Camp David\n                           -Andrei A. Gromyko meeting\n\nHenry Kissinger entered at an unknown time after 8:39 p.m.\n\n              -Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]\n              -American Broadcasting Corporation [ABC]\n                     -Spiro T. Agnew\n                     -George S. McGovern\n              -National Broadcasting Corporation [NBC]\n                     -Camp David\n              -Spiro T. Agnew\n                     -Positive reception\n\n       Jay Lovestone\n              -American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations [AFL-CIO]\n                     -Polls\n                            -Connecticut\n\n*****************************************************************","filename":["145-021.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Colson, Charles W."],"prevCode":"145-020","nextCode":"145-022","transcript":[{"start":0.23,"end":1.15,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":1.17,"end":2.02,"text":"Yes, sir, Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon and Charles Colson evaluated the evening news coverage provided by major television networks, specifically focusing on the biased reporting regarding Vice President Spiro Agnew and Democratic challenger George McGovern. Colson critiqued the perceived hostility of CBS toward the administration while highlighting the relative coverage of news editors and networks. The conversation also touched upon the political implications of AFL-CIO polling in Connecticut and included mention of a meeting with Andrei Gromyko at Camp David.","topics":["Media bias","Spiro Agnew","George McGovern","Television news","AFL-CIO","Andrei Gromyko"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T08:47:45.521Z"},"topicSlugs":["media-bias","spiro-agnew","george-mcgovern","television-news","afl-cio","andrei-gromyko"],"audioDurationSec":15,"audioFiles":[{"file":"145-021.mp3","bytes":359861,"durationSec":14.93,"bitrate":192782,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:33.323Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:54.945Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/145-021.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/145-021","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/145/conversation-145-021","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). 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