People where using the tv more than the radio. Radios where being bought less. And TV's where being bought more.
The XYZ affair was a diplomatic incident in the late 1790s in the Adams administration wherein the French government demanded bribes before negotiations were able to even begin and the correspondence was released. A small Naval war broke out and the Adams administration used the furor against the French to hurt the Democratic Republicans and build up the national military.
<span>The Continental Navy in the 18th century was battling the British Royal Navy, who had more and better ships, and more and better-trained sailors.</span>