& it was a legal requirement that news provide _both_ sides of an issue
every evening at 5pm, in return for their free access to the airwaves.
On 06/28/2019 02:05 PM, Chuck McCown wrote:
And Walter Cronkite told us how thing were each evening and that is the
way they were.
*From:* Ken Hohhof
*Sent:* Friday, June 28, 2019 2:54 PM
*To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group'
*Subject:* [AFMUG] OT - photo brings back memories of the JFK era
News sites are reporting that Caroline Kennedy has put Jackie’s Martha’s
Vineyard estate up for sale, and they are including some historical photos.
Probably most of you were born after Nov. 22, 1963, and don’t have the
same emotional reaction I did when I saw this photo. But it brought me
back to a time when the country felt united and optimistic, and you
could turn on the TV without being deluged with partisan politics.
Things weren’t perfect, there were issues with racial and gender
equality, and all that Cold War stuff, and yes there were divisions and
politics. And while youthful and inspiring, the President was still a
white male.
But damn, I had forgotten what Lee Harvey Oswald took away from us, and
how things have changed in 50+ years. I’ve also come across my dad’s
home movies from the 50’s and 60’s, and those really were more
optimistic and unified times (although I notice nobody is on their
phone). People like my dad and uncle had come back from the war and were
just raising their families, having backyard barbecues and birthday
parties for the kids. No Fox News or MSNBC, and when the President went
on national TV, everyone watched because it was something important for
the whole country. Unfortunately that could be the Cuban Missile
Crisis. Or an assassination in Dallas.
Maybe a nice July 4 parade and some fireworks will cheer me up.
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