{"product_id":"0603497831234","title":"Now Playing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe former chief political correspondent for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e brilliantly revisits the Gary Hart affair and looks at how it changed forever the intersection of American media and politics.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1987, Gary Hart-articulate, dashing, refreshingly progressive-seemed a shoo-in for the Democratic nomination for president and led George H. W. Bush comfortably in the polls. And then: rumors of marital infidelity, an indelible photo of Hart and a model snapped near a fatefully named yacht (\u003ci\u003eMonkey Business\u003c\/i\u003e), and it all came crashing down in a blaze of flashbulbs, the birth of 24-hour news cycles, tabloid speculation, and late-night farce. Matt Bai shows how the Hart affair marked a crucial turning point in the ethos of political media-and, by extension, politics itself-when candidates' \"character\" began to draw more fixation than their political experience. Bai offers a poignant, highly original, and news-making reappraisal of Hart's fall from grace (and overlooked political legacy) as he makes the compelling case that this was the moment when the paradigm shifted-private lives became public, news became entertainment, and politics became the stuff of Page Six.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Warner\/Elektra\/Atlantic Corp","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48267249778928,"sku":"0603497831234","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/0603497831234_p0.jpg?v=1763466470","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/0603497831234","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}