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12-03-2015, 08:48 AM
(12-03-2015, 07:25 AM)British Gunner Wrote: Is there much of a difference between this government and the media???
Here is a little story for you to chew on.
The year is 1980. The election is in full swing.
I am living in Dixon, IL., Reagan's hometown.
It was announced that one of the networks was doing a story on Dixon on the evening broadcast, and we didn't know which and at what point in the broadcast. (There was no internet then, BTW, and some people still got some of their news from WEEKLY publications. Imagine news a week old and still interesting).
So, a number of us gathered at my parents house and we watched each broadcast by flipping through all three every couple minutes. (imaging only one T.V. in a house and no such thing as CABLE).
As we flipped it was interesting that all three networks ran the same first story. Then it was odd that all three ran the same second story. Then it was strange that all three ran the same third story. Then by the time the broadcasts were done 30 minutes later, we stood in a weird silence trying to comprehend that all three independent networks ran the same stories, in the same order, for the same length of time with the same information and commentary.
I have never watched an entire network news broadcast since.
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(12-03-2015, 07:25 AM)British Gunner Wrote: Is there much of a difference between this government and the media???
Here is a little story for you to chew on.
The year is 1980. The election is in full swing.
I am living in Dixon, IL., Reagan's hometown.
It was announced that one of the networks was doing a story on Dixon on the evening broadcast, and we didn't know which and at what point in the broadcast. (There was no internet then, BTW, and some people still got some of their news from WEEKLY publications. Imagine news a week old and still interesting).
So, a number of us gathered at my parents house and we watched each broadcast by flipping through all three every couple minutes. (imaging only one T.V. in a house and no such thing as CABLE).
As we flipped it was interesting that all three networks ran the same first story. Then it was odd that all three ran the same second story. Then it was strange that all three ran the same third story. Then by the time the broadcasts were done 30 minutes later, we stood in a weird silence trying to comprehend that all three independent networks ran the same stories, in the same order, for the same length of time with the same information and commentary.
I have never watched an entire network news broadcast since.
Here is a little story for you to chew on.
The year is 1980. The election is in full swing.
I am living in Dixon, IL., Reagan's hometown.
It was announced that one of the networks was doing a story on Dixon on the evening broadcast, and we didn't know which and at what point in the broadcast. (There was no internet then, BTW, and some people still got some of their news from WEEKLY publications. Imagine news a week old and still interesting).
So, a number of us gathered at my parents house and we watched each broadcast by flipping through all three every couple minutes. (imaging only one T.V. in a house and no such thing as CABLE).
As we flipped it was interesting that all three networks ran the same first story. Then it was odd that all three ran the same second story. Then it was strange that all three ran the same third story. Then by the time the broadcasts were done 30 minutes later, we stood in a weird silence trying to comprehend that all three independent networks ran the same stories, in the same order, for the same length of time with the same information and commentary.
I have never watched an entire network news broadcast since.