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murielm99

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2. I remember when the news switched to half-hours broadcasts.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sat Sep 2, 2023, 08:42 AM

Sep 2023

It is amazing that there is so much lengthy coverage now and so little is said.

Newspapers were fat then. Anyone who cared about current events read newspapers, too.

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On September 2, 1963, US network television got its first half-hour weeknight news broadcast. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 OP

Walter Cronkite was the CONSUMATE Journalist. ProudMNDemocrat Sep 2023 #1

And an actual, working Journalist, not just Golden Raisin Sep 2023 #3

I remember when the news switched to half-hours broadcasts. murielm99 Sep 2023 #2

And I'm guessing there wasn't a single Jardiance commercial. Xavier Breath Sep 2023 #4