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I had to both laugh and shake my head in dismay when I saw the History Channel's schedule for today--documentaries about the Kennedy assassination all day...until 6 p.m, that is, when they started showing Pawn Stars. shakeshead

Live news coverage from Dallas in '63. Weird to see from before I was born.
Assuming you're referring to the documentary JFK: 3 Shots That Changed America, I was watching that as well and found it very interesting simply because I was far too young in 1963 to remember any of it. I couldn't watch the whole doc because I had a doctor's appointment, but I recorded it to watch later (along with several other new docs that aired this week). Having the luxury of hindsight, I thought it was interesting to see just how much erroneous information was broadcast by newscasters at both Parkland Memorial Hospital and the Dallas Police Headquarters in their rush to get the latest information on the air.
 
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Gregg Axley

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Social media has accelerated the exploits of many non-celebrities, because they can post the news stories themselves.
Whether it's Amanda Bynes taking weird selfies, or Miley sticking her tongue out AGAIN, these stories come out without too much censorship or good judgement.
Back in the days of JFK, celebrities paid people to keep those stories quiet, and only 40yrs later in a tell all book, did we learn how bad the Stones were on tour, or how many hotel rooms the Who wrecked, etc.
I wasn't around when JFK was shot, and even though I was in the same town as the MLK shooting, that was a year and a half earlier than my birth.
So many theories, so many motives about these two tragedies, yet both were very dark days in our Nation's history.
Unfortunately there will always be "new evidence" in both cases.
As long as there are tv programs that will pay to show it.

I watched Seinfeld last night, with Judge Reinhold and his odd interest in Jerry's parents.
 

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Watched a few minutes of Doomsday Preppers....oh boy there are a lot of uninformed, isolated any very scary Americans out there just waiting to go ballistic against their fellow man.
 

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Assuming you're referring to the documentary JFK: 3 Shots That Changed America, I was watching that as well and found it very interesting simply because I was far too young in 1963 to remember any of it. I couldn't watch the whole doc because I had a doctor's appointment, but I recorded it to watch later (along with several other new docs that aired this week). Having the luxury of hindsight, I thought it was interesting to see just how much erroneous information was broadcast by newscasters at both Parkland Memorial Hospital and the Dallas Police Headquarters in their rush to get the latest information on the air.

It was straight coverage from our local ABC affiliate then. Lots of cigarettes smoked & then thrown on the studio floor. lol

Learned much more from watching that than any of the documentaries I've seen since.

Watched a few minutes of Doomsday Preppers....oh boy there are a lot of uninformed, isolated any very scary Americans out there just waiting to go ballistic against their fellow man.

Like some of my relatives. Had thanksgiving with cousins who live in the boonies a couple years back. Half the day consisted of a few of them and their friends shooting various weapons out into the woods. Good times.

:rolleyes:
 

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