PHOENIX — Fifty years on, the most famous, or notorious, political attack ad in U.S. history hasn't lost its explosive punch. For nearly 30 seconds, a freckled, brown-eyed girl — unmistakably a ...

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The screen is black and white. A little girl, no taller than the weeds that surround her, stands in a field and picks petals from a delicate daisy. She quietly counts each one.

NEW YORK — Tony Schwartz, a self-taught, sought-after and highly reclusive media consultant who helped create what is generally considered to be the most famous political ad to appear on television, ...

It's known as the Daisy Ad. In 1964 as President Lyndon Johnson was facing off against Republican Barry Goldwater, he wanted to send out a message that would activate more people to vote for him. In ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Revisiting one of the most effective television commercials in the annals of U.S. politics, a grassroots anti-war group has produced a remake of the "Daisy" ad, warning that a war ...

As the final weeks of the presidential campaign draw to a close and we are being inundated with political ads, International City Theatre is streaming a virtual presentation of DAISY, Sean Devine's ...

Tony Schwartz, who helped create the memorable "daisy ad" that ran during the 1964 presidential race, has died at 84. The ad played on fears that Republican Barry Goldwater might use nuclear weapons ...

NEW YORK — Tony Schwartz, who helped create the infamous “daisy ad” that ran only once during the 1964 presidential race but changed political advertising forever, died Sunday at his Manhattan home, ...

The television commercial that changed American politics ran just once — but once was enough. It was 1964 and Lyndon B. Johnson, who had become president only because John F. Kennedy was assassinated, ...

Back in 1963, while America was under the constant threat of (actual, real) nuclear annihilation, Lyndon Johnson’s re-election campaign ran the infamous “Daisy” ad, in which they blew up a little girl ...

The screen is black and white. A little girl, no taller than the weeds that surround her, stands in a field and picks petals from a delicate daisy. She quietly counts each one. Suddenly an ominous ...