Wednesday, September 05, 2007

That's the way it was, Sunday, April 17, 1955

There was a time when network TV news was better than local TV news today.

But it was a lot worse than network TV news today, which itself isn't as good as network TV news 30 years ago.

Welcome to NBC's Plymouth News Caravan with John Cameron Swayze, April 17, 1955. There's a reason why, over at the Columbia Broadcasting System, Edward R. Murrow spent so much of his television tenure fighting "The Man." Then, like now, championing journalistic ethics and pushing for solid content is akin to dancing on the edge of a cliff.

Love 'em or hate 'em, the 1960s happened for a reason.
Leaving the 1950s sounding stilted. Very, very stilted.

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