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One of Buckley's debating methods was to roll over the opponent with long, slow, meliifluous but somniferous and not necessarily well-thought-out periods. In this case the method failed.
But as I've said ad nauseam (Latin phrase inserted as tribute to WFB) I too miss those days when you could turn on even Merv Griffin or Mike Douglas and see the likes of Norman Mailer, Capote, Tennessee Williams, Gore Vidal.
Here's a clip of Buckley and Vidal back-to-back (not the famous crypto-Nazi one):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXLTDUPJqsU
Gore's the last lion standing.
useful posts.I consider that blogers it is possible to name many journalists.
Good luck