History of the United States II / Unit 16 USH2 2264 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Television Ministries
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The idea
Christian television programmes such as Pat Robertson's The Seven Hundred Club and Jim Bakker's The PTL Club proved enormously popular and raised millions from viewers, the anchor records.
In practice
Robertson, the Yawp notes, making a long-shot run for the Republican presidential nomination in nineteen eighty-eight.
Where people slip
Robertson's Christian Coalition, the Yawp adds, later helped mobilise social conservatives in nineteen ninety-four.
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