Comments on: This Day in History: It’s A Jungle Out There (And In Here) http://www.popandpolitics.com/2008/11/25/amuse-bouche-this-day-in-history-its-a-jungle-out-there/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:11:58 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Princess Jasmine http://www.popandpolitics.com/2008/11/25/amuse-bouche-this-day-in-history-its-a-jungle-out-there/comment-page-1/#comment-11560 Princess Jasmine Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:13:35 +0000 http://www.popandpolitics.com/?p=9775#comment-11560 He also founded EPIC (End Poverty in California) and ran for Governor of California in 1934. But he was the victim of a harsh, mud-slinging campaign. No... I mean, literally, mud-slinging. The big Hollywood movie studios produced fake newsreels showing dirt-covered "poor" people professing their admiration for Sinclair: "Yaw, I'd vote for Sinclaurrrr". Afraid that the state would be over-run by these "low-lives", Californians voted for Sinclair's opponent, Frank Merriam. This was the first time in history that television was used to smother a campaign, and the beginning of a beautiful relationship between politics and the tube. A good man was Upton. He also founded EPIC (End Poverty in California) and ran for Governor of California in 1934. But he was the victim of a harsh, mud-slinging campaign. No… I mean, literally, mud-slinging. The big Hollywood movie studios produced fake newsreels showing dirt-covered “poor” people professing their admiration for Sinclair: “Yaw, I’d vote for Sinclaurrrr”. Afraid that the state would be over-run by these “low-lives”, Californians voted for Sinclair’s opponent, Frank Merriam. This was the first time in history that television was used to smother a campaign, and the beginning of a beautiful relationship between politics and the tube.

A good man was Upton.

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